Changing patterns in endotracheal intubation for anaesthesia trainees: a retrospective analysis of 80,000 cases over 10 years.
Anaesth Intensive Care
; 39(4): 585-9, 2011 Jul.
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ABSTRACT
Several overseas studies have suggested that opportunities for anaesthesia trainees to learn and practise endotracheal intubation have decreased over time. We analysed the operating theatre data collection system at a large Australian metropolitan teaching hospital from 1998 to 2008 to determine if numbers for trainees' caseloads in general, and endotracheal intubation in particular had changed. The total caseload per trainee of approximately 800 cases per year was stable throughout the study period. The number of gastrointestinal endoscopies per trainee increased significantly with a corresponding decrease in the number of other cases. The mean number of endotracheal intubations per trainee per year fell by 10% and of supraglottic devices by 16%, neither of which was statistically significant. Endotracheal intubation for caesarean sections did however fall significantly from an average of nine to an average of six cases per trainee per year. Our findings contrast with other reports of much larger decreases in the number of endotracheal intubations performed by trainees over the last decade, but suggest that our local practice is similar to the international experience of decreasing opportunities for endotracheal intubation in obstetric anaesthesia.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Intubación Intratraqueal
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Anestesiología
Tipo de estudio:
Observational_studies
Límite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Pregnancy
País/Región como asunto:
Oceania
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Anaesth Intensive Care
Año:
2011
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Australia