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TEE and Dysphagia in Lung Transplantation

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Brief Summary

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. Patients are randomized to two groups. The intervention group would limit the number of TEE clips (# pictures taken) per case. The control group would leave the number of TEE clips to the discretion of the attending anesthesiologist.

The investigators hypothesize that reduction in TEE imaging during lung transplantation will reduce dysphagia.

Primary Purpose

Prevention

Study Type

Interventional

Phase

N/A

Eligibility

Gender

All

Healthy Volunteers

Minimum Age

18 Years

Maximum Age

N/A

Inclusion Criteria:

Adult patients
Single or double lung transplantation

Exclusion Criteria:

Contraindications to TEE including:
- perforated esophagus;
- esophageal stricture;
- esophageal tumor; and
- history of an esophagectomy
Patients that require a tracheostomy postoperatively.