A Bedside Portable Endoscopy for the Esophageal Foreign Body

Kyungpook National University Hospital27 enrolled

Overview

The purpose of this study is to determine whether a bedside portable endoscopy is effective in identifying the esophageal foreign body in the emergency room.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

Purpose

DIAGNOSTIC

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

Esophageal Foreign Body

Interventions

A bedside portable endoscopyDEVICE

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 85 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Patients who visit the emergency room due to apparent foreign body in esophagus Exclusion Criteria: * Patients unable to insert a portable endoscopy through the nasal cavity * Patients unable to undergo conventional esophagogastroduodenoscopy for a gold standard examination

Locations (1)

Kyungpook National University Hospital

Daegu, South Korea

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value and negative predictive value of the bedside portable endoscopy to identify esophageal foreign body defined by comparison with conventional esophagogastroduodenoscopy as a gold standard method

Time frame: Within 1 hr after procedure

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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