Table 3 Confidence level with peripheral nerve blocks (N=107)
Confidence level with PNB, N (%) | Confidence level with placing indwelling catheter, N (%) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Type | Very | Somewhat | Not | Mean (Median) | Very | Somewhat | Not | Mean (Median) |
Interscalene | 73 (68) | 24 (22) | 10 (9) | 1.41 (1) | 47 (44) | 34 (32) | 26 (24) | 1.80 (2) |
Axillary | 51 (48) | 32 (30) | 24 (22) | 1.75 (2) | 22 (21) | 28 (26) | 57 (53) | 2.33 (3) |
Femoral | 93 (87) | 7 (7) | 7 (7) | 1.20 (1) | 83 (78) | 16 (15) | 8 (7) | 1.30 (1) |
Sciatic (Gluteal/ Subgluteal) | 51 (48) | 30 (28) | 26 (24) | 1.77 (2) | 29 (27) | 28 (26) | 50 (47) | 2.20 (2) |
Popliteal | 75 (70) | 23 (21) | 9 (8) | 1.38 (1) | 45 (42) | 34 (32) | 28 (26) | 1.84 (2) |
Lumbar Plexus | 17 (16) | 22 (21) | 68 (64) | 2.48 (3) | 21 (20) | 19 (18) | 67 (63) | 2.43 (3) |