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Characteristics of respondents |
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| Characteristic |
Physicians (n = 173) |
Respiratory therapists (n = 52) |
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| Time since graduation in years, mean (standard deviation) |
20.3 (9.7) |
18.1 (8.4) |
| Principal work facility |
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| Acute care |
147 (85) |
25 (48) |
| Weaning |
17 (10) |
16 (31) |
| Rehabilitation |
7 (4) |
3 (6) |
| Chronic care |
2 (1) |
8 (15) |
| Experience with tracheostomized patients |
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| <1 year |
1 (1) |
0 (0) |
| 1–5 years |
20 (12) |
5 (10) |
| 6–10 years |
41 (24) |
9 (17) |
| 11–20 years |
71 (41) |
12 (23) |
| >20 years |
40 (23) |
26 (50) |
| Number of tracheostomized patients cared for per year |
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| <11 patients |
6 (3) |
1 (2) |
| 11–20 patients |
27 (16) |
3 (6) |
| 21–50 patients |
57 (33) |
11 (21) |
| 51–100 patients |
58 (34) |
18 (35) |
| >100 patients |
25 (14) |
19 (36) |
| Number of tracheostomized patients decannulated per year |
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| 0–1 patients |
23 (13) |
5 (10) |
| 2–5 patients |
32 (18) |
7 (13) |
| 6–10 patients |
36 (21) |
8 (15) |
| 11–20 patients |
30 (17) |
10 (19) |
| >20 patients |
52 (30) |
22 (42) |
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Data are expressed as number (percentage) unless otherwise indicated. | ||
Stelfox et al. Critical Care 2008 12:R26 doi:10.1186/cc6802 |
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