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Table 1 Summary statistics of propofol use by different hospital types

From: Sedation during bronchoscopy: data from a nationwide sedation and monitoring survey

 

University hospital (n = 22)

Cantonal hospital (n = 30)

Regional/Private hospital (n = 23)

Practice (n = 21)

Propofol use, %

85 %

91 %

71 %

65 %

Bolus/Perfusor, %

68 % / 32 %

68 % / 32 %

92 % / 8 %

52 % / 48 %

Attendance of anaesthesiologists, %

9 %

3 %

0 %

43 %

Median number of procedures/year (IQR)

100 (50–450)

170 (130–300)

100 (40–150)

27 (15–50)

  1. For this analysis, only respondents who were affiliated with only one hospital type were analysed (n = 96). While most of flexible bronchoscopies were performed in cantonal hospitals anaesthesiologists mostly attended flexible bronchoscopies in a practice. IQR = Interquartile range