Table 3 Response rate for the subgroup of surgical tracheostomies
From: Tracheostomy procedures in the intensive care unit: an international survey
Response rate | Statistics | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Total | Europe | Outside Europe | ||
Where ST was performed | ||||
- ICU | 106/281 (37.7 %) | 74/208 (35.6 %) | 32/73 (43.8 %) | X 2 = 3.220 |
- Operating room | 166/281 (59.1 %) | 128/208 (61.5 %) | 38/73 (52.1 %) | P = 0.200 |
- Other | 9/281 (3.2 %) | 6/208 (2.9 %) | 3/73 (4.1 %) | |
Critically ill patients receiving Tracheostomy in operating room | 2797 (15.6 %)* | 2022 (15.2 %) | 775 (16.2 %) | P = 0.642 |
Who performed ST in operating room | ||||
- Anesthesiologist | 2/281 (0.7 %) | 2/208 (1 %) | 0 | |
- Intensivist | 7/281 (2.5 %) | 6/208 (3 %) | 1/73 (1.4 %) | |
- ENT specialist | 165/281 (58.7 %) | 113/208 (56.8 %) | 52/73 (73.2 %) | |
- General surgeon | 42/281 (14.9 %) | 29/208 (14.6 %) | 13/73 (18.3 %) | X 2 = 28.302 |
- Thoracic surgeon | 17/281 (6 %) | 15/208 (7.5 %) | 2/73 (2.8 %) | P = 0.000 |
- Plastic surgeon | 1/281 (0.4 %) | 0 | 1/73 (1.4 %) | |
- Maxillofacial surgeon | 28/281 (10 %) | 26/208 (13.1 %) | 2/73 (2.8 %) | |
- Other | 8/281 (2.8 %) | 8/208 (4 %) | 0 | |
Why ST was chosen | ||||
- Insufficient expertise in PDT | 22/281 (7.8 %) | 9/208 (4.3 %) | 13/73 (17.8 %) | |
- Reserved for patients with predicted difficult PDT | 187/281 (70.1 %) | 153/208 (73.6 %) | 44/73 (60.3 %) | X 2 = 20.207 |
- Predicted need for prolonged tracheostomy | 23/281 (8.2 %) | 19/208 (9.1 %) | 4/73 (5.5 %) | P = 0.000 |
- Other | 39/281 (13.9 %) | 27/208 (13 %) | 12/73 (16.4 %) | |