The aim of this study is to evaluate the usefulness of the new Ambu® aScope ™ 4 bronchoscope, in the usual practice of low complexity diagnostic bronchoscopy managed by bronchoscopists who meet the minimum training requirements (having performed 100 supervised procedures \[ 10\]) and maintenance of competition (with more than 25 bronchoscopies per year \[10\]).
Muticentric trial to evaluate three outcomes 1. Describe the experience of bronchoscopists performing low complexity bronchoscopic procedures with the Ambu® aScope ™ 4. 2. Collect the opinion of bronchoscopists about the technical characteristics of the device subject to study through a standardized questionnaire. 3. Analyze the quality of both microbiological and cytological samples obtained through the disposable bronchoscope.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
216
Fundacion Jimenez Diaz
Madrid, Spain
Bronchoscope Quality questionnaire evaluation
\- A numeric scale describes the experience of bronchoscopists performing low complexity bronchoscopic procedures with the Ambu® aScope ™ 4.
Time frame: Feb 2018- july 2018
-Opinion of the operator -Quality of the sample
1.A numeric scale collects the opinion of bronchoscopists about the technical characteristics of the device subject to study through a standardized questionnaire.
Time frame: Feb 2018 -july 2018
- Sample quality
2.Analyze the quality of both microbiological and cytological samples obtained through the disposable bronchoscope describing the diagnostic yield.
Time frame: Feb 2018- july 2018
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