Position of EGD in Droplet Spreading

King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: Cotamination on Face Shield

Treatments: Other: Prone Position during intervention; Other: Left lateral Position during intervention

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04329013

RP017

Details and patient eligibility

About

The association between position of upper gastrointestinal endoscopy (EGD) and saliva droplet spreading has never been studied. In the era of contagious viral spreading, this pilot study is aimed to assess adenosine triphosphate (ATP) at the face shield of endoscopist which can represent the saliva droplet spreading of patients in left lateral and prone position during EGD.

Enrollment: 106 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients who have the indication for upper gastrointestinal endoscopy

Exclusion criteria

• Cannot be in prone position
• The endoscopist deny the assigned position in any reason.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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106 participants in 2 patient groups

Left lateral position

Active Comparator group

Description:

The patient will be in left lateral position during EGD

Treatment:

Other: Left lateral Position during intervention

Prone position

Experimental group

Description:

The patient will be in prone position during EGD

Treatment:

Other: Prone Position during intervention