From: Tracheostomy procedures in the intensive care unit: an international survey
Response rate | Statistics | |||
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Total | Europe | Outside Europe | ||
Valid respondents | 281 (100 %) | 208/281 (74 %) | 73/281 (26 %) | - |
Main specialty area | ||||
- Intensive care | 202/281 (71.9 %) | 147/208 (70.7 %) | 55/73 (75.3 %) | |
- Anesthesiology | 63/281 (22.4 %) | 51/208 (24.5 %) | 12/73 (16.4 %) | |
- Pulmonology | 5/281 (1.8 %) | 3/208 (1.4 %) | 2/73 (2.7 %) | X 2 = 10.810 |
- Cardiology | 2/281 (0.7 %) | 0 | 2/73 (2.7 %) | P = 0.094 |
- Neurology | 1/281 (0.4 %) | 1/208 (0.5 %) | 0 | |
- Surgery | 2/281 (0.7 %) | 1/208 (0.5 %) | 1/73 (1.4 %) | |
- Other | 6/281 (2.1 %) | 3/208 (1.4 %) | 1/73 (1.4 %) | |
Type of institution | ||||
- Public hospital | 128/281 (45.6 %) | 105/208 (50.5 %) | 23/73 (31.5 %) | X 2 = 52.573 |
- Private hospital | 33/281 (11.7 %) | 9/208 (4.3 %) | 24/73 (32.9 %) | P = 0.000 |
- University hospital | 120/281 (42.7 %) | 94/208 (45.2 %) | 26/73 (35.6 %) | |
Type of intensive care | ||||
- Cardiac | 9/281 (3.2 %) | 8/208 (3.8 %) | 1/73 (3.8 %) | |
- Mixed | 206/281 (73.3 %) | 154/208 (74 %) | 52/73 (71.2 %) | X 2 = 23.108 |
- Medical | 22/281 (7.8 %) | 9/208 (4.3 %) | 13/73 (17.8 %) | P = 0.000 |
- Neurological | 13/281 (4.6 %) | 12/208 (5.8 %) | 1/73 (1.4 %) | |
- Surgical | 31/281 (11 %) | 25/208 (12 %) | 6/73 (8.2 %) | |
Number of ICU beds | ||||
- ≤ 5 | 8/281 (2.8 %) | 7/208 (3.4 %) | 1/73 (1.4 %) | |
- 6−10 | 101/281 (35.9 %) | 84/208 (40.4 %) | 17/73 (23.3 %) | X 2 = 14.942 |
- 11−15 | 61/281 (21.7 %) | 44/208 (21.2 %) | 17/73 (23.3 %) | P = 0.011 |
- 16−20 | 49/281 (17.4 %) | 32/208 (15.4 %) | 17/73 (23.3 %) | |
- ≥21 | 62/281 (22.1 %) | 41/208 (19.7 %) | 21/73 (28.8 %) | |
Number of patients/years admitted in ICU | ||||
- ≤300 | 39/281 (13.9 %) | 31/208 (14.9 %) | 8/73 (11 %) | X 2 = 2.517 |
- 301−600 | 98/281 (34.9 %) | 71/208 (34.1 %) | 27/73 (37 %) | P = 0.472 |
- 601−999 | 63/281 (22.4 %) | 44/208 (21.2 %) | 19/73 (26 %) | |
- ≥1000 | 81/281 (28.8 %) | 62/208 (29.8 %) | 19/7 (26 %) | |
Different techniques performed | ||||
- one | 99/281 (35.2 %) | 63/208 (30.3 %) | 36/73 (49.3 %) | |
- two | 14/281 (49.8 %) | 109/208 (52.4 %) | 31/73 (42.5 %) | X 2 = 19.708 |
- three | 31/281 (11 %) | 26/208 (12.5 %) | 5/73 (6.8 %) | P = 0.001 |
- four | 7/281 (2.5 %) | 7/208 (3.4 %) | 0 | |
- five | 2/281 (0.7 %) | 2/208 (1 %) | 0 | |
- six | 2/281 (0.7 %) | 1/208 (0.5 %) | 1/73 (1.4 %) |