Pulmonary & Respiratory Medicine

Lyell McEwin Hospital, Haydown Road, Elizabeth Vale, SA 5112, Adelaide, Australia

Publications

• Research   
  Evaluation of Patient Outcomes of High Flow vs. Low Flow Nasal Oxygen during Outpatient Bronchoscopy under Conscious Sedation at Thoracic Procedure Suite in Lyell McEwin Hospital
  Author(s): Singankutti Mudalige Thanuja Nilushi Priyangika*, Moayed Alawami and Shanka Karunarathne
  
  Background and objective: High flow nasal oxygen (HFNO) has been shown to reduce desaturations during flexible bronchoscopy. We evaluated outcomes of HFNO vs. low flow nasal oxygen (LFNO) on intraprocedural hypoxemia, the demand of sedative and reversal medications, postprocedure complications, procedure conversion to general anaesthesia and patient comfort during outpatient standard and EBUS (Endo Bronchial Ultrasound) guided bronchoscopy under conscious sedation. Methods: A Prospective open-label study where the first 42 patients were allocated to LFNO and subsequent 42 patients were allocated to HFNO. Baseline and lowest oxygen saturation, duration of hypoxemia, procedure type, amount of sedative and reversal medications and patient comfort were assessed. Results: Both HFNO and LFNO had similar c.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.37421/2161-105X.2021.11.571

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