Table 2 Quality of the aScope 4 bronchoscope
Median | IQRa | Score standardized (%)b | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Complexity to assemble the device | 0: impossible → 5: extremely easy | 4.0 | 4.0–5.0 | 80 |
Intubation facility | 0: extremely difficult → 10: extremely easy | 8.0 | 8.0–9.0 | 80 |
Ease of maneuvering in the tracheobronchial tree | 0: extremely difficult → 10: extremely easy | 8.0 | 7.0–9.0 | 80 |
Vasculature image quality | 0: impossible to see vasculature → 5: maximum sharpness of vasculature | 4.0 | 3.0–4.0 | 80 |
Mucous image quality | 0: impossible to see mucosa folds → 5: maximum clarity of mucosa folds | 4.0 | 3.0–4.0 | 80 |
Image quality of subsegmental bronchi from the segmental bronchus | 0: impossible to see subsegmental bronchi → 5: maximum sharpness of subsegmental bronchi | 4.0 | 3.0–4.0 | 80 |
Image quality for pathological mucosal alterations | 0: impossible visualization of pathological lesions → 5: maximum sharpness of pathological lesions | 4.0 | 3.0–4.0 | 80 |
Image quality in case of bleeding | 0: complete image loss in bleed → 4: highest image quality in bleed | 3.0 | 2.0–3.0 | 75 |
Global image quality | 0: no image → 10: optimal image quality | 8.0 | 7.0–8.0 | 80 |
Quality to suction secretions | 0: impossible to suction secretions → 5: excellent ability to suction secretions | 4.0 | 4.0–4.0 | 80 |
Quality to suction blood clots and debris | 0: impossible to suction blood clots and debris → 5: excellent ability to suction clots and blood debris | 4.0 | 4.0–4.0 | 80 |
Capacity to suction blood in active bleeding | 0: impossible to suction blood in active bleeding → 5: excellent ability to suction blood in active bleeding | 4.0 | 3.0–4.0 | 80 |
Global suction quality | 0: zero suction capacity → 10: optimal suction capacity | 8.0 | 8.0–9.0 | 80 |
Average score for ease of use, image quality and aspiration quality | 80 | |||