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Can bronchoscopy be done awake?

I will have a bronchoscopy. Can bronchoscopy be done awake?

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Bronchoscopy is usually done with light sedation. It is very rare to have bronchoscopy done awake.
During a bronchoscopy a camera is going down your airway - even the best of us would fight. No a bronchoscopy cannot be done awake
No, it cannot.