OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effect and acceptance of a new lidocaine lozenge compared with a lidocaine viscous oral solution as a pharyngeal anesthetic before upper gastrointestinal endoscopy (UGE), a diagnostic procedure commonly performed worldwide during which many patients experience severe discomfort mostly because of the gag reflex. PARTICIPANTS The single-blinded, randomized, controlled ...

background : upper endoscopy, as an important diagnostic and occasional therapeutic tool is invasive. sedation of patients during the endoscopy procedure with minimal side effects could raise patient tolerability, allowing for ease and increased effectiveness of this procedure. materials and methods: in this study, 105 patients who were candidates for the upper endoscopy procedure were randomly...

Objective To identify possible clinical predictors of intermittent oro-esophageal (OE) tube feeding success, and evaluate the clinical factors associated with OE tube treatment. Methods A total of 135 dysphagic patients were reviewed, who received OE tube treatment and were hospitalized in the department of rehabilitation medicine between January 2005 and December 2014. The 76 eligible cases ...