Endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS)-guided transbronchial needle aspiration (TBNA) is a routine procedure that is performed to sample mediastinal lymph nodes. At author's center the EBUS-TBNA procedure is performed under conscious sedation using midazolam. During the EBUS procedure, oxygen supplementation can either be provided using low flow or high flow through a nasal cannula. The investigators hypothesize that the use of high flow nasal cannula (HFNC) for oxygen supplementation during EBUS would be associated with lesser incidence of clinically significant hypoxemia (SpO2 ≤90%) when compared to conventional nasal cannula. In this study, the authors plan to assess the efficacy of HFNC in reducing the incidence of hypoxemic events in subjects undergoing EBUS under conscious sedation.
Age range
18 Years – 80 Years
Sex
ALL
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proportion of subjects experiencing oxygen desaturation events
Timeframe: 1 hour (during the EBUS procedure)