Conscious sedation is often preferred over general anesthesia for diagnostic bronchoscopy because it allows patients to remain awake and responsive while minimizing discomfort, offering benefits like patient cooperation and reduced risk of complications compared to general anesthesia or, depending on the healthcare facility, general anesthesia might not be available as matter of course, for diagnostic bronchoscopy. Here is a best practices recommendation from Dr. Marvin Sexton of Southeast Health Medical Center who performs LungVision-assisted navigational bronchoscopy with the following protocol.