Lidocaine Spray on an Endoscope to Improve Tolerance to Endoscopy

Cheju Halla General Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: Disorder of Upper Gastrointestinal Tract; Tolerance; C.Medical Procedure; Digestive System

Treatments: Drug: Case Group

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02307773

2013-M08

Details and patient eligibility

About

The investigators tested whether a new method which additional lidocaine spray on the tip of endoscope can increase the tolerance of examinee during endoscopy than conventional pharyngeal anesthesia alone.

Full description

All the patients underwent upper gastrointestinal endoscopy were consecutively enrolled and assigned to case group treated with additional 2 puffs of the 10% lidocaine spray on the tip of endoscope before intubation or control group with conventional pharyngeal anesthesia without further treatment. And the investigators compared their baseline characteristics, past history, sedation or not, and frequency of retching and belching were measured during the endoscopy.

Enrollment: 497 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 16 to 89 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• All the patients who underwent upper gastrointestinal endoscopy in Endoscopy Room, Cheju Hall General Hospital.

Exclusion criteria

• advanced older or younger age (> 90, or < 15 years)
• comorbidities scored greater than III of American Society of Anestheiologists Physical Status Classification System (ASA) score
• history of hypersensitivity reaction to lidocaine
• he pregnant
• therapeutic or emergency endoscopy

Trial design

497 participants in 2 patient groups

Case Group

Description:

Treated with additional 2 puffs of the 10% lidocaine spray on the tip of endoscope before intubation with conventional pharyngeal anesthesia

Treatment:

Drug: Case Group

Control Group

Description:

Treated with conventional pharyngeal anesthesia without further treatment.