Research Article
Effect of Bronchoscopist-Directed Sedation and Other Factors on Patient Comfort during Diagnostic Flexible Bronchoscopy
Table 1
Demographic characteristics of patients in sedation and nonsedation groups (n = 374).
| | Characteristics | Sedation (n = 187) | Nonsedation (n = 187) | -value |
| | Age (years) (mean ± SD) | 51.64 ± 14.06 | 54.29 ± 14.23 | 0.071 | | Male/female | 107/80 | 115/72 | 0.40# | | Weight in kg (mean ± SD) | 52.71 ± 11.06 | 51.84 ± 9.57 | 0.418 | | Height in cm (mean ± SD) | 158.06 ± 6.1 | 158.57 ± 6.28 | 0.481 | | BMI kg/m2(mean ± SD) | 21.02 ± 3.83 | 20.58 ± 3.28 | 0.239 | | Comorbidities, N (%) | 126 (67.0) | 117 (62.6) | 0.329# | | Indication for bronchoscopy | | Tubercular infection | 75 (40.1) | 73 (39.0) | 0.973# | | Nontubercular infection | 69 (36.9) | 71 (38.0) | | Malignancy | 43 (23.0) | 43 (23.0) | | Preprocedural anxiety level (VAS score) (median (Q1, Q3) | 20 (15, 35) | 25 (15, 35) | 0.996 | | Route of bronchoscope insertion | | Transnasal | 173 (92.5) | 168 (89.8) | 0.831# | | Transoral | 14 (7.5) | 19 (10.2) | | Bronchoscopic procedure performed | | Bronchial lavage | 187 (50%) | 187 (50%) | — | | Biopsy/TBNA | 24 (12.8%) | 19 (10.2%) | 0.418# | | Bronchial brushing | 40 (21.4%) | 47 (24.6%) | 0.461# |
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#Chi-square test. Independent sample t-test. Mann–Whitney U test. TBNA: transbronchial needle aspiration. |
