Table 3 Type of equipment used and speciality of physicians for aspiration and thoracic drainage
Type of treatment | Category | Â | All SP* | PSP* | SSP | p |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|  |  |  | n = 1868 | n = 1510 | n = 358 |  |
Thoracic drainage (n = 670) | ||||||
| Â | Equipment | Â | Â | Â | Â | 0.07 |
| Â | Â | Chest tube, n (%) | 568 (91%) | 462 (92%) | 106 (86.9%) | Â |
| Â | Â | Pleurocath, n (%) | 52 (8.3%) | 38 (7.6%) | 14 (11.5%) | Â |
| Â | Â | Pigtail catheter, n (%) | 1 (0.2%) | 0 | 1 (0.8%) | Â |
| Â | Â | Other, n (%) | 3 (0.5%) | 2 (0.4%) | 1 (0.8%) | Â |
| Â | Speciality of physicians | Â | Â | Â | Â | 0.3 |
| Â | Â | Emergency physician, n (%) | 363 (68.8%) | 285 (68.7%) | 78 (69%) | Â |
| Â | Â | Respiratory medicine, n (%) | 56 (10.6%) | 40 (9.6%) | 16 (14.2%) | Â |
| Â | Â | Surgeon, n (%) | 46 (8.7%) | 36 (8.7%) | 10 (8.8%) | Â |
| Â | Â | Intensive care physician, n (%) | 63 (11.9%) | 54 (13%) | 9 (8%) | Â |
Aspiration (n = 189) | ||||||
| Â | Equipment | Â | Â | Â | Â | 0.58 |
| Â | Â | Needle thoracocentesis, n (%) | 58 (80.6%) | 50 (80.6%) | 8 (80%) | Â |
| Â | Â | Catheters, n (%) | 7 (9.7%) | 6 (9.7%) | 1 (20%) | Â |
| Â | Â | Other, n (%) | 4 (5.6%) | 4 (6.5%) | 0 | Â |
| Â | Â | Pleurocath, n (%) | 3 (4.2%) | 2 (3.2%) | 0 | Â |
| Â | Speciality of physicians | Â | Â | Â | Â | 0.12 |
| Â | Â | Emergency physician, n (%) | 115 (79.9%) | 94 (81%) | 21 (75%) | Â |
| Â | Â | Respiratory medicine, n (%) | 17 (11.8%) | 11 (9.5%) | 6 (21.4%) | Â |
| Â | Â | Surgeon, n (%) | 9 (6.3%) | 9 (7.8%) | 0 | Â |
| Â | Â | Intensive care physician, n (%) | 3 (2.1%) | 2 (1.7%) | 0 | Â |