Status:
UNKNOWN
Double Versus Single Pledget Nasal Anesthesia for Transnasal Endoscopy
Lead Sponsor:
Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital
Conditions:
Anesthesia
Epistaxis
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-65 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Unsedated ultrathin transnasal esophago-gastro-duodenoscopy (UT-EGD), in comparison with conventional peroral EGD (P-EGD) has been shown to be more tolerable, safer, cost-effective and time-efficient....
Detailed Description
Nasal anesthesia is the rate-limiting step for a well tolerable unsedated transnasal esophago-gastro-duodenoscopy (UT-EGD) procedure. The investigator has proposed that a simple Endoscopic-Guided Gauz...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- All outpatients with epigastric discomfort (non-ulcer dyspepsia), aged 18-65 years are eligibility for this study.
Exclusion
- Patients who can not answer questionnaires, who have prior nasal trauma or surgery, recent or present upper gastrointestinal bleeding and coagulopathy are excluded from this study.
- Patients who are allergic to lidocaine and who have uncontrolled hypertension or coronary artery disease are not recruited.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
September 1 2012
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
February 1 2014
Estimated Enrollment :
212 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT01886768
Start Date
September 1 2012
End Date
February 1 2014
Last Update
June 26 2013
Active Locations (1)
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Buddhist Tzu Chi Hospital
Hualien City, Hualien county, Taiwan, 970