Prophylactic Tranexamic Acid Versus Adrenaline During Flexible Bronchoscopy
Status:
Recruiting
Trial end date:
2025-05-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
Endobronchial bleeding is a common complication of bronchoscopy. Major bleeding, although
rare, can be life threatening and often requires advanced therapeutic interventional
pulmonary procedures which are not widely available. Minor bleeding can negatively impact
outcomes such as diagnostic yield, sample size and bronchoscopy duration. Both adrenaline and
tranexamic acid are successfully used topically for hemostasis during diagnostic
bronchoscopy. The aim of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of prophylactically applied
adrenaline and tranexamic acid in bleeding prevention during diagnostic bronchoscopy.