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Table 2 Average intravenous sedation doses, bronchoscopy duration and incidental findings at the time of bronchoscopy

From: Performance and immune characteristics of bronchoalveolar lavage by research bronchoscopy in pulmonary tuberculosis and other lung diseases in the Western Cape, South Africa

 

TB (n = 26)

Healthy (n = 12)

Contacts (n = 20)

All Cohorts (range)

Average intravenous sedation doses

 Midazolam (mg)

6.7

0.0

5.1

5.9 (4.0–10.0)

 Fentanyl (mcg)

33.6

27.3

35.7

32.2 (12.5–75.0)

 Propofol (mg)

101.8

103.3

83.4

96.1 (30.0–250.0)

Average bronchoscopy duration

 Time (minutes)

13.0

11.3

12.6

12.0 (7.0–30.0)

Incidental findings (n)

 Vocal cord nodule

1

0

0

1 (0–1)

 Vocal cord polyp

0

0

1

1 (0–1)

 Bronchial lesions

2

0

0

2 (0–2)

  1. TB tuberculosis, Healthy healthy community controls, Contacts household contacts, mg milligrams, mcg micrograms