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Lead
Baylor College of Medicine
Age
18–any
Sex
ALL
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted
You may be eligible if
All patients over the age of 18, evaluated by pulmonary physician that require EBUS TBNA for sampling of hilar and/or mediastinal lymphadenopathies or masses
Patients should be considered eligible to undergo either CS or GA, without contraindications for either one of them, based on the assessment by the pulmonologist who will perform EBUS-TBNA
You may not be if
Pregnancy or breastfeeding women
Patients deemed poor candidates for general anesthesia by the evaluating physician (e.g., severe coronary artery disease, COPD with FEV1 \< 1 liter, uncontrolled hypertension, increased intracranial pressure, reaction to anesthetics)
Previous reaction to medications routinely used in conscious sedation
Patients with history of intolerance to either general anesthesia or conscious sedation
Dementia or other severe cognitive impairment causing inability to understand or consent to the procedure and study
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