Reliability of CT virtual bronchoscopy to prevent unnecessary intraoperative rigid bronchoscopy in cases of Tracheobronchial foreign bodies.
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: T179- Foreign body in respiratory tract,part unspecified
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2023/07/054806
- Lead Sponsor
- KIMS Hubballi
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
(1) A history suggestive of foreign body aspiration
(2) Clinical features of lower airway foreign body, such as sudden onset of coughing, difficulty in breathing, hemoptysis, pneumonia, wheezing and decreased air entry into the lungs.
Exclusion Criteria
1. Contraindications to rigid bronchoscopy
a)unstable neck
b)severely ankylosed cervical spine
c)temporomandibular joint pathology
d)unstable cardiovascular status likely to worsen during endoscopy unless there was clear evidence of life-threatening foreign body aspiration.
2. Metallic tracheobronchial foreign bodies.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To Corelate Virtual Bronchoscopy findings and Intraoperative Bronchoscopy findings.Timepoint: One and half year
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To assess the usefulness of Virtual Bronchoscopy in cases with no history & with history of foreign body aspiration.Timepoint: One & half years