Participants
sore throat, obesity, cough, breast tumor, asthma, hypersensitivity
SORE THROAT, RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS, OBESITY, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE, BREAST TUMOR, ASTHMA, HYPERSENSITIVITY
We enrolled 67 adult women with American Society of Anesthesiologists physical status I to II undergoing breast tumor surgery (lumpectomy, simple mastectomy, radical or modified radical mastectomy). Exclusion criteria were expected difficult intubation, multiple intubation attempts, the history of sore throat, cough and respiratory infections, or having been intubated within the last two months, chronic obstructive lung disease, asthma, treatment with β-blocking agents, known hypersensitivity to drugs used in the study protocol, and obesity (body mass index >30 kg/m