Sedation Strategies for Therapeutic Bronchoscopy

Summary

Therapeutic bronchoscopy is a common procedure to treat respiratory diseases. The procedure includes stent implantation, bronchus dilation, electronic incision, laser therapy, and so on. Most of these procedures are painful and require general anesthesia. Conventionally, the general anesthesia for therapeutic bronchoscopy was performed using laryngeal mask. But in the previous experiences, the investigators found that sedation with dexmedetomidine and remifentanil was as effect as laryngeal mask anesthesia. The present study was performed to compare the two approach for sedation or anesthesia in therapeutic bronchoscopy.

Timeline

Start

2018-02-01

Primary completion

2018-06-30

Completion

2018-07-31

Outcome

Outcome not reported

Stopped: “The sample size should be re-calculated based on the first 20 cases.”

Drugs

Indications

No indication recorded.