Oxygen insufflation through the bronchoscope channel for sedation-induced hypoxia: safe and effective.

"The authors declared the following potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: Drs HM and TB had no conflicts of interest. Dr WA participated in the development of the device used to provide tracheal insufflation. While this could be construed as a conflict of interest, this study looks at physiologic parameters, and the results would be the same regardless of which method was used to provide insufflation. These facts are nevertheless noted in the text of the paper for clarity."

"Funding: The authors disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: The study was paid for with an unrestricted grant from Thoracent, Inc., the owners of the patent for the BronchO2 device. Thoracent had no role in the design of this study and had no input with respect to the interpretation of data and the writing of this article."