TEE and Dysphagia in Lung Transplantation
Recruiting
N/A
Interventional Study
Lung Transplant
Dysphagia
No Placebo Group
Every participant receives an active treatment — no one gets a placebo.
At a Glance
- Age
- 18 and older
- Sex
- Any
- Study type
- Interventional
- Purpose
- Prevention
- Participants needed
- 116 (estimated)
- Sponsor
- University of California, Los Angeles · Other
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About This Trial
The primary outcome of this study is dysphagia (difficulty swallowing) on postoperative speech and swallow evaluation following lung transplantation.
Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) (creates pictures of the heart from inside the participants body) is routinely performed for all lung transplantations at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and it is the standard of care. Patient…
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Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
1. Adult patients
2. Single or double lung transplantation
Exclusion Criteria:
1. Contraindications to TEE including:
* perforated esophagus;
* esophageal stricture;
* esophageal tumor; and
* history of an esophagectomy
2. Patients that require a tracheostomy post…
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