Press needle for aspiration pneumonia prevention in older adults: study protocol for a randomized double-blind placebo-controlled trial
Not Applicable
Recruiting
- Conditions
- aspiration pneumonia
- Registration Number
- JPRN-UMIN000023123
- Lead Sponsor
- Tohoku University Hospital Department of Education and Support for Regional Medicine, Department of Kampo Medicine
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 140
Inclusion Criteria
Not provided
Exclusion Criteria
The patients with the serious disease that can produce pneumonia with chronic respiratory disease, malignant tumor, chronic ischemic disease. The patients that oral cannot take a therapeutic drug. The patients with the allergy to metal. The patients with severe skin reaction. The patients whom a deglutition reflex does not occur in at initial LTSR measurement. The patients whom aspiration pneumonitis develops in with serious case that is more than three times during the past three months.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method