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Table 3 Devices for oxygen administration used within four weeks prior to completing the survey

From: Practice of oxygen use in anesthesiology – a survey of the European Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care

Devices used within last four week prior to responding the survey

Respondents, n (%)

Anaesthetic facemask (with an anaesthetic breathing circuit)

615 (77.1)

Nasal cannula

612 (76.7)

Simple facemask/Hudson mask

543 (68.0)

ICU Ventilator

475 (59.5)

Resuscitation bag and mask

453 (56.8)

Aerosol mask

409 (51.3)

Oxygen rotameter

340 (42.6)

Non-rebreather facemask

335 (42.0)

High flow nasal oxygen

265 (33.2)

Venturi mask

254 (31.8)

Nasal cannula, that delivers oxygen and measures end-tidal CO2

254 (31.8)

Nasal mask

180 (22.6)

Nasopharyngeal catheter

123 (15.4)

Face tent

34 (4.3)

Oxygen hood

25 (3.1)

  1. The total number of respondents was 798; sum of percentages exceed 100% due to more than one possible answer
  2. ICU Intensive care unit, CO2 Carbon-dioxide