Table 1 Basic data and organizational structures for sedation analgesia as carried out in pediatric centers across Germany (based on 134 out of 138 responding centers; in the remaining four centers, no sedation analgesia was performed by pediatricians)
Center-specific levels of care | |
Primary care | 3.6% |
General care | 21.7% |
Focus care | 30.4% |
Maximum care | 25.4% |
University departments | 18.1% |
Settings for sedation analgesia | |
Pediatric ward | 87% |
Intensive care unit | 76.8% |
Operating room | 13% |
External/other settings | 79% |
Frequency of sedation analgesia | |
> 150 per year | 45.8% |
100–150 per year | 13.7% |
50–100 per year | 24.4% |
< 50 per year | 16% |
Organizational structures | |
Sedation teams present | 40.5% |
Regular sedation training courses | 32.3% |
Documentation protocol for sedation | 80.6% |
Post-sedation clinical examination | 78.4% |
Settings for the wake-up phase | |
(General) pediatric ward | 56.5% |
Intensive care unit | 11.6% |
Wake-up room | 11.6% |
No commitment | 20.3% |
Parameters monitored in the wake-up phase | |
Pulse oxymetry (mandatorily) | 99.3% |
ECG (mandatorily) | 55% |
RR (mandatorily) | 89.9% |
RR every 5 min: 21.8%; 10 min: 41.1%; > 10 min: 20.2%; beginning and end only: 16.9% | |