Prevent for capsule retention at upper esophagus in dialysis patient

Research Project

Project/Area Number	21700519
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Research Field	Rehabilitation science/Welfare engineering
Research Institution	Tohoku University
Principal Investigator	SETA Hiroshi 東北大学, 病院, 助教 (60328333)
Project Period (FY)	2009 – 2010
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 2010)
Budget Amount *help	¥4,030,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥930,000) Fiscal Year 2010: ¥1,950,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥450,000) Fiscal Year 2009: ¥2,080,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥480,000)
Keywords	リハビリテーション医学 / 嚥下 / 薬剤 / 透析患者
Research Abstract	When capsules are swallowed with too little water, they can sometimes become retained in the esophagus. In a questionnaire survey, 32.5% of dialysis patients replied that they had experience of drugs getting stuck in the throat. One cause of such blockage is that drugs become retained in the upper esophagus, but test results suggest that it may be possible to prevent this by turning the neck to the right and guiding capsules past the left piriform sinus.