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ocal anaesthesia for medical thoracoscopy

Not Applicable
Recruiting
Conditions
Respiratory
Registration Number
PACTR202008762159889
Lead Sponsor
Alexandria University Faculty of Medicine
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Recruiting
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
34
Inclusion Criteria

Adult
- Requiring medical thoracoscopy
- Willing to provide consent

Exclusion Criteria

- Complex septated pleural effusion
- Pneumothorax induction required prior to procedure
- Substantial chest pain that would interfere with assessing study intervention effect

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
patient-rated procedural pain as measured by 100 mm visual analogue scale (VAS) score for pain at the end of the procedure
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
practitioner- rated procedural pain as measured by 100 mm VAS score for pain;patient- rated pain score 2 hours post procedure;patient experience as measured by likelihood procedure (on a 100 mm VAS) of having repeated if indicated;difference in sedative doses required peri-procedure;difference in rates of procedure-related complications
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