Endobronchial Ultrasound Guided Transbronchial Needle Aspiration Performed Under General Anesthesia Versus Moderate Sedation

Exclusion Criteria

• •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