Table 3 Description of some factors that affect using different concentrations of mIVFs according to age categories (Maintenance IVFs for infants 28 days–1 year)
From: Survey of current maintenance intravenous fluids prescribing practices among Egyptian pediatricians
Variable | 0.2% NaCl | 0.45%NaCl | 0.9% NaCl | Ringer lactate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number (%) | Number (%) | Number (%) | Number (%) | ||
Total (N = 513) | 167 (32.6%) | 280 (54.6%) | 61 (11.9%) | 5 (1.0%) | |
Position | Resident | 62 (31.31%) | 112 (56.57%) | 23 (11.62%) | 1 (0.5%) |
Specialist | 94 (33.1%) | 153 (53.9%) | 34 (12.0%) | 3 (1.1%) | |
Consultant | 11 (35.5%) | 15 (48.4%) | 4 (12.9%) | 1 (3.2%) | |
Country of practice | Egypt | 140 (34.1%) | 217 (52.9%) | 50 (12.2%) | 3 (0.7%) |
Outside Egypt | 27 (26.2%) | 63 (61.2%) | 11 (10.7%) | 2 (1.9%) | |
Hospital category | Governmental healthcare facility | 137 (35.1%) | 203 (52.1%) | 48 (12.3%) | 2 (0.5%) |
University/teaching | 30 (24.4%) | 77 (62.6%) | 13 (10.6%) | 3 (2.4%) | |
The years during which residency was completed | Before 2000 | 8 (33.3%) | 11 (45.8%) | 5 (20.8%) | 0 (0.0%) |
2000–2009 | 15 (37.5%) | 22 (55.0%) | 2 (5.0%) | 1 (2.5%) | |
2010–2019 | 93 (31.7%) | 156 (53.2%) | 41 (14.0%) | 3 (1.0%) | |
Not completed yet | 51 (32.7%) | 91 (58.3%) | 13 (8.3%) | 1 (0.6%) | |