Impact of Current Smoking in the Tolerance of Bronchoscopy

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Saint Pierre100 enrolled

Overview

The purpose of this study is to study the impact of smoking in the preceding hours before a bronchoscopy on the tolerance of this exam.

Tolerance evaluation of the bronchoscopy on current and regular smokers. The investigators assess episodes of cough, dyspnea, volume of lidocain (liquid 1% and in spray 10%), duration of the procedure, episodes of desaturation and completion of the bronchoscopy. The investigators compare patients who did not smoke in the 6 hours before the bronchoscopy and those who have smoked.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

100

Conditions

Smokers

Interventions

bronchoscopyPROCEDURE

Routine bronchoscopy under local anesthesia (lidocain). Duration: +/- 10 min

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * current and regular smoker * bronchoscopy under local anesthesia Exclusion Criteria: * patients needing EBUS or fluoroscopy * intravenous sedative

Locations (1)

CHU Saint Pierre

Brussels, Belgium

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

cough

number of cough episodes during the bronchoscopy

Time frame: Day 1

Secondary Outcomes

dyspnea

dyspnea evaluation before and during the bronchoscopy

Time frame: day 1

Lidocaine volume

Volume of local anesthesic needed during bronchoscopy

Time frame: day 1

length of bronchoscopy

Time frame: Day 1

desaturation episodes

desaturation episodes during bronchoscopy

Time frame: day 1

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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