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