Topical lignocaine anaesthesia for oropharyngeal sampling for COVID-19.
Anupam KanodiaDeepankar SrigyanKapil SikkaAashish ChoudharyAvinash ChoudekarSaurabh MittalShweta Arun BhopaleLalit DarAlok ThakarPublished in: European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (2020)
Topical lignocaine, while improving the comfort of the procedure of oropharyngeal sampling for patient did not alter the SARS-CoV-2 viral load that was detected in nasal and oropharyngeal samples taken together.