US pulmonary docs administer minimal sedation for bronchoscopy with biopsy, without an anesthesiologist in OR. All patients remember everything, all patients hate the hour. Only option is to demand more anesthesia than these sadists claim that "most patients tolerate the new anesthesia protocol." Guessing that the patient can't scream because a pipe is stuck in the throat. They say "hold your breath" about 12 times, but it is a known medical fact that patients can follow that directive and STILL be sedated to point of not suffering the procedure. Insurance could be denying the correct sedation but that is based on statistics by doctors : "oh, look, they walked out afterwards! NO SEDATION FOR YOU MISTER. SUCK IT UP." This is my experience. Try to convince your doc otherwise, and yell like crazy in Post Op if they don't listen. Experienced In USA in 2010.
