Table 2 Description of some factors that affect using different concentrations of mIVFs according to age categories (Maintenance IVFs for neonates < 28 days)a
From: Survey of current maintenance intravenous fluids prescribing practices among Egyptian pediatricians
Variable | 0.2% NaCl | 0.45% NaCl | 0.9% NaCl | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Number (%) | Number (%) | Number (%) | ||
Position | Total (N = 513) | 379 (73.9%) | 79 (15.4%) | 55 (10.7%) |
Resident | 154 (77.78%) | 21 (10.6%) | 23 (11.62%) | |
Specialist | 204 (71.8%) | 51 (18.0%) | 29 (10.2%) | |
Consultant | 21 (67.7%) | 7 (22.6%) | 3 (9.7%) | |
Country of practice | Egypt | 310 (75.6%) | 53 (12.9%) | 47 (11.5%) |
Outside Egypt | 69 (67.0%) | 26 (25.2%) | 8 (7.8%) | |
Hospital category | Governmental healthcare facility | 292 (74.9%) | 50 (12.8%) | 48 (12.3%) |
University/teaching | 87 (70.7%) | 29 (23.6%) | 7 (5.7%) | |
The years during which residency was completed | Before 2000 | 17 (70.8%) | 4 (16.7%) | 3 (12.5%) |
2000–2009 | 26 (65.0%) | 11 (27.5%) | 3 (7.5%) | |
2010–2019 | 212 (72.4%) | 47 (16.0%) | 34 (11.6%) | |
Not completed yet | 124 (79.5%) | 17 (10.9%) | 15 (9.6%) | |