Survey of current maintenance intravenous fluids prescribing practices among Egyptian pediatricians

Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette

Table 1 Characteristics of the survey population

Variable (n = 513)		Number	%
Position	Resident	198	38.6
	Specialist	284	55.4
	Consultant	31	6.0
Country of practice	Inside Egypt	410	79.9
Country of practice	Outside Egypt^a	103	20.1
Hospital category	Governmental healthcare facility	390	76.0
Hospital category	University/teaching hospital	123	24.0
The years during which residency was completed	Before 2000	24	4.7
	2000–2009	40	7.8
	2010–2019	293	57.1
	Not completed	156	30.4

^aCountries outside Egypt: Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Libya, United Arab Emirates, Oman, Non-Arab countries