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. 2021 Jan;10(1):83–91. doi: 10.21037/tp-20-244

Table 1. Characteristics of team members of bronchoscopy in centers.

Variable Outcome
Team members of bronchoscopy
   Number of physicians, number (not available/available, median, range) 0 (0%)/47 (100%), 5, 1–20
   Number of nurses, number (not available/available, median, range) 0 (0%)/47 (100%), 4, 1–19
   Number of anesthesiologists, number (not available/available, median, range) 23 (48.9%)/24 (51.1%), 1, 0–5
Physicians in the team
   Proportion of physicians having received professional training (median, range) 50%, 0–100%
   Highest position, number Chief physician, 31 (66.0%); associate chief doctor, 13 (27.7%); attending physician, 3 (6.4%)
   Lowest position, number Associate chief doctor, 2 (4.3%); attending physician, 26 (55.3%); residents, 19 (40.4%)
   Highest educational degree, number Doctorate, 9 (19.1%); master, 27 (57.4%); bachelor, 11 (23.4%)
   Lowest educational degree, number Master, 3 (6.4%); bachelor, 41 (87.2%); associates, 3 (6.4%)
Members in the bronchoscopy procedure
   Physicians, number (not available/available, median, range) 0 (0%)/47 (100%), 2, 1–6
   Nurses, number (not available/available, median, range) 0 (0%)/47 (100%), 2, 1–6
   Anesthesiologists, number (not available/available, median, range) 23 (48.9%)/24 (51.1%), 1, 0–2
   Other members, number (not available/available, median, range) 34 (72.3%)/13 (27.7%), 0, 0–3