Factors Associated With Occluding the Upper Esophagus by Paratracheal Force

SMG-SNU Boramae Medical Center180 enrolled

Overview

We aim to identify anatomical factors that affect upper esophageal occlusion during the application of paratracheal pressure.

Measure the sternomental distance, thyromental distance, neck length, neck circumference, Mallampati score, BMI, Neck motion, inter-incisor gap, thyrosternal distance. And analysis these factors are associated with upper esophageal occlusion or not.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

180

Conditions

Intubation Complication

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 19 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * ≥ 19 years old * schedule for general anesthesia Exclusion Criteria: * Limited neck extension * Abnormality or anomaly, history of surgery in the neck, esophagus, face, upper airway part. * Who has weak teeth * Who has pulmonary aspiration risk

Locations (1)

Jin-Young Hwang

Seoul, South Korea

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Percentage of esophageal occlusion rate

Esophageal occlusion is defined as passing an esophageal stethoscope

Time frame: 10 sec

Central Contacts

Jin-Young Hwang, MD,PhD

CONTACT

82-2-870-2851 mistyblue15@naver.com

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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