Airway Management in Adult Intensive Care Units: A Survey of Two Regions in China

Table 1

Type of hospital, qualification, work experience, training, assessment, intubation method, and device available for difficult airway.

	Total (%)	Shenzhen (%)	Xinjiang (%)	value
ICU respondents	301	198 (66)	103 (34)
Type of hospital	72	32	40
University hospital	11	6	5
District hospital	61	26	35	0.552
Level of qualification
Junior	214 (71)	139 (70)	75 (73)
Senior	87 (29)	59 (30)	28 (27)	0.635
Years of work in ICU
1-6 years	174 (58)	114 (58)	58 (56)
≥7 years	127 (42)	84 (42)	45 (44)	0.833
Formal airway management training: yes	150 (50)	99 (50)	51 (50)	0.936
Training of RSI: yes	112 (37)	81 (40)	31 (30)	0.066
Training of emergency FONA: yes	150 (50)	94 (47)	56 (54)	0.256
Difficult airway assessment
Routinely	218 (72)	153 (77)	65 (63)	0.012
Sometimes	75 (25)	39 (20)	36 (35)	0.005
Never	8 (3)	6 (3)	2 (2)	0.720
Aspiration risk assessment
Routinely	194 (64)	132 (67)	62 (60)	0.266
Sometimes	74 (25)	41 (20)	33 (32)	0.030
Never	33 (11)	25 (13)	8 (8)	0.245
Tracheal intubation approach
Orotracheal intubation	286 (95)	186 (94)	100 (97)
Nasotracheal intubation	16 (5)	12 (6)	3 (3)	0.234
The routine choice for laryngoscope glottic view
Video laryngoscope	225 (75)	163 (82)	52 (50)	≤0.001
Direct laryngoscope	59 (20)	25 (13)	44 (43)	≤0.001
Flexible scope	17 (5)	10 (5)	7 (7)	0.719
An available laryngeal mask: yes	108 (36)	55 (28)	53 (51)	≤0.001
An available flexible endoscope: yes	228 (76)	167 (84)	61 (59)	≤0.001
An available device for FONA: yes	144 (48)	109 (55)	35 (34)	0.001
COVID-19 improve the usage of PPE?
Significant	231 (77)	147 (74)	84 (81)	0.154
A little	63 (31)	47 (24)	16 (16)	0.097
Not at all	7 (2)	4 (2)	3 (3)	0.694

Abbreviations: ICU: intensive care unit; RSI: rapid sequence intubation; FONA: front of neck airway; PPE: personal protective equipment.