Paratracheal Force Required for Occluding the Upper Esophagus

Seoul National University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Anesthesia Intubation Complication

Treatments: Other: Application of paratracheal force

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04110899

2019-6209

Details and patient eligibility

About

In this study, the median paratracheal force for occluding the upper esophagus are evaluated in anesthetized and paralyzed patients using the up-and-down technique.

Enrollment: 47 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 20+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• patients who are scheduled for elective surgery under general anesthesia

Exclusion criteria

• diseases or anatomical abnormalities in the neck, larynx, pharynx or esophagus
• aspiration tendency
• history of carotid artery diseases or cerebrovascular diseases
• suspicious of thrombus in carotid artery on ultrasonographic examination

Trial design

47 participants in 1 patient group

Different paratracheal force

Experimental group

Description:

Esophageal occlusion is assessed by inserting an esophageal stethoscope under different paratracheal forces.

Treatment:

Other: Application of paratracheal force