Table 2 Details of bronchoscopy
From: Patient experience with bronchoscopy: topical versus monitored anesthesia
Total cohort | Topical anesthesia | Monitored anesthesia care | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Characteristic | N = 350 | N = 251 | N = 99 | P value |
First-ever experience | 249 (71) | 173 (69) | 76 (77) | 0.145 |
Procedure time, min | 20 ± 14 | 16 ± 13 | 31 ± 13 | < 0.001 |
≥20 min | 159 (45) | 82 (33) | 77 (78) | < 0.001 |
Main procedure | ||||
EBUS-TBB | 112 (32) | 69 (28) | 43 (43) | < 0.001 |
Inspection | 89 (25) | 84 (34) | 5 (5) | |
Bronchial washing | 87 (25) | 77 (31) | 10 (10) | |
TBNA | 30 (9) | 1 (1) | 29 (29) | |
EBB | 19 (5) | 14 (6) | 5 (5) | |
BAL | 11 (3) | 6 (2) | 5 (5) | |
EBUS-TBB + TBNA | 2 (1) | 0 (0) | 2 (2) | |
Procedure type | ||||
Less invasivea | 187 (53) | 167 (67) | 20 (20) | < 0.001 |
More invasiveb | 163 (47) | 84 (34) | 79 (80) | |
Complication | ||||
Grade 2 or higher bleeding | 28 (8) | 15 (6) | 13 (13) | 0.026 |
O2 desaturation | 3 (1) | 2 (0.8) | 1 (1) | 0.845 |
Hemodynamic change | 1 (1) | 1 (1) | 0 (0) | 0.999 |