Table 1 Type of hospital and presence of airway management guidelines
Type of guidelines | Total (n =68) | County hospital (n = 53) | University hospital (n = 9) | Private hospital (n = 6) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Yes n (%) | No n (%) | Yes n (%) | No n (%) | Yes n (%) | No n (%) | Yes n (%) | No n (%) | |
Guidelines for an airway algorithm | 46 (68) | 22 (32) | 35 (66) | 18 (34) | 8 (88) | 1 (11) | 3 (50) | 3 (50) |
Guidelines for difficult airway* | 35 (52) | 33 (48) | 25 (47) | 28 (53) | 8 (88) | 1 (12) | 2 (33) | 4 (67) |
Written patient information (anaesthesia problem card) in case of difficult airway | 35 (52) | 33 (48) | 30 (56) | 23 (44) | 3 (33) | 6 (67) | 2 (33) | 4 (67) |
Guidelines for preoperative assessment | 29 (43) | 39 (57) | 22 (42) | 31 (58) | 3 (33) | 6 (67) | 4 (67) | 2 (33) |
Guidelines for Rapid Sequence Intubation | 21 (31) | 47 (69) | 16 (30) | 37 (70) | 3 (33) | 6 (67) | 2 (33) | 4 (67) |
Guidelines for criteria to perform awake intubation | 18 (26) | 50 (74) | 15 (28) | 38 (72) | 3 (33) | 6 (67) | 0 (0) | 6 (100) |
Prescription to RNA to perform the tracheal intubation | 16 (24) | 52 (76) | 14 (26) | 39 (74) | 2 (22) | 7 (78) | 0 (0) | 6 (100) |
Guidelines for awake fibre-optic intubation | 14 (21) | 54 (79) | 10 (19) | 43 (81) | 4 (45) | 5 (55) | 0 (0) | 6 (100) |