For A More Comfortable Bronchoscopy: Is Spray Catheter The Answer?
Status:
Withdrawn
Trial end date:
2015-12-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
Bronchoscopy is a commonly performed procedure for inpatients to visualize the airways when
indicated. It is routinely done for both diagnostic (to lavage and biopsy the respiratory
tract) and therapeutic purposes (to relief an obstruction or remove foreign bodies). Given
the possible side effects of cough of varying severity this procedure can be uncomfortable to
patients, some would even shy away from having a bronchoscopy even when it's medically
indicated.
Recently a spray catheter was designed to deliver more uniform anesthesia to the airways as
compared to the conventional way of injecting the anesthesia into the bronchoscopy working
channel. The investigators aim to conduct this study with the hope of improving patient care,
providing comfortable procedures, helping more patients opt in for bronchoscopy when
indicated.