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. 2009 Jan 12;9:2. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-9-2

Table 2.

Number of procedures performed in previous year

Central line insertion Lumbar puncture Pleural aspiration Ascitic aspiration CPAP Intercostal drain insertion Tracheostomy management Knee joint aspiration DC cardio-version Temporary pacing

Cumulative number performed in previous year 1266 561 758 677 648 633 366 271 218 71
Grade
FY1/FY2
Median 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
(95% CI) (0 – 0) (0 – 1.5) (0 – 1.5) (0 – 1) (0 – 0) (0 – 1) (0 – 0) (0 – 0) (0 – 0) (0 – 0)
Lower quartile 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Upper quartile 0 2.5 2 1.5 0 1 0 0.5 0 0
SHO
Median 1 4.5 4.5 2 0 2 0 0 0 0
(95% CI) (0 – 4.9) (2 – 10) (1.1 – 9.8) (0 – 5) (0 – 1.9) (0.1 – 4) (0 – 1.3) (0 – 0) (0 – 2.8) (0 – 0)
Lower quartile 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Upper quartile 5 13.75 10 5 2.75 4 1 0.75 3 0
SpR
Median 6 4 4 1 0 3 0 0 0 0
(95% CI) (4 – 10) (2 – 5.3) (1.9 – 5) (0 – 4.1) (0 – 2.1) (1 – 5) (0 – 0) (0 – 0) (0 – 0) (0 – 0)
Lower quartile 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Upper quartile 15 10 10 5.5 8 10 1.75 0 1 1.25
Consultant
Median 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
(95% CI) (0 – 0) (0 – 0) (0 – 0) (0 – 0) 0 – 0 (0 – 0) (0 – 0) (0 – 0) (0 – 0) (0 – 0)
Lower quartile 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Upper quartile 2 1 1 0 0 1.75 1.25 0 0 0
Clinical Fellow
Median 3 3 5 4 1 1.5 0 0 0 0
(95% CI) (0 – 12) (1.8 – 11.7) (0 – 8.3) (0 – 20) (0 – 2.3) (0 – 5.7) (0 – 0.2) (0 – 3.2) (0 – 0) (0 – 0)
Lower quartile 0 1.75 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Upper quartile 12 12.5 8.5 20 2.5 6 0.25 3.25 0 0
All
Median 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
(95% CI) (0 – 2) (1 – 2.8) (0 – 2) (0 – 0.1) (0 – 0) (0 – 1.3) (0 – 0) (0 – 0) (0 – 0) (0 – 0)
Lower quartile 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Upper quartile 10 5 5 4 2 4 0.25 0 0 0

CPAP = continuous positive airway pressure support (responses also included bilevel positive pressure airway support), DC Cardioversion = elective direct current cardioversion, FY1 = Foundation year 1, FY2 = Foundation year 2, SHO = Senior house officer, SpR = Specialist registrar