From: Emergency department procedural sedation practice in Cape Town, South Africa
Clinicians’ characteristics (expressed as %) | Propofol only (n = 7) | Propofol and midazolam (n = 14 ) | Midazolam only (n = 55) | Total (n = 76) | p-value |
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Number in public sector | 0 (0%) | 9 (64.3%) | 39 (70.9%) | 48 (63.2%) | 0.001 |
Number with 5 years or more experience | 6 (85.7%) | 14 (100%) | 29 (52.7%) | 49 (64.5%) | 0.002 |
Number with 3 years or more ED experience | 5 (71.4%) | 14 (100%) | 25 (45.5%) | 44 (57.9%) | 0.001 |
Number with 6 months or more anesthetics experience | 4 (57.1%) | 5 (35.7%) | 4 (7.3%) | 13 (17.1%) | 0.001 |
Number with international experience | 5 (71.4%) | 8 (57.1%) | 10 (18.2%) | 23 (30.3%) | 0.001 |
Number of registrars and consultants | 2 (28.6%) | 7 (50.0%) | 8 (14.5%) | 17 (22.4%) | 0.016 |