CompletedNot Applicable

A Bedside Portable Endoscopy for the Esophageal Foreign Body

South Korea27 participantsStarted 2016-10

Plain-language summary

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.

Who can participate

Age range18 Years – 85 Years

SexALL

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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

What they're measuring

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

Timeframe: Within 1 hr after procedure

Trial details

NCT IDNCT03009383

SponsorKyungpook National University Hospital

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2017-10

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