Table 3 Practice of premedication use and policy coverage for neonatal intubation in various countries based on available published studies
From: Neonatal preintubation sedation: a national survey in Malaysia
No | Author | Chronology publication Year | Country | Number of NICU sampled | NICU level of care | Percentage of premedication use by NICU (%) | Percentage of units with policies & protocols (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Ziegler et al. [9] | 1992 | USA | 101 | III | 3.0 % | Not reported |
2 | Whyte et al. [10] | 2000 | United Kingdom | 239 | II & III | 37.0 % | 14.0 % |
3 | Simon et al. [13] | 2004 | France | 75 | III | 37.0 % | Not reported |
4 | Lago et al. [14] | 2005 | Italy | 90 | II & III | 13.0 % | 25.0 % |
5 | Walter-Nicolet E et al. [17] | 2007 | France | 58 | Not reported | Not reported# | 60.0 % |
6 | This study | 2007 | Malaysia | 39 | II & III | 97.4 % | 17.9 % |
7 | Mckechnie et al. [15] | 2008 | United Kingdom | 192 | II & III | Not reported | 70.0 % |
8 | Kelleher et al. [16] | 2009 | United Kingdom | 221 | II & III | 93.0 % | 76.0 % |
9 | Chaudhary et al. [11] | 2009 | United Kingdom | 50 | III | 90.0 % | 77.0 % |
10 | Wheeler et al. [18] | 2012 | Australia and New Zealand | 28 NICUs and two neonatal emergency transport services | All the tertiary NICUs and neonatal emergency transport services | 100.0 % | 80.0 % |
11 | Y Singh et al. [19] | 2012 | United Kingdom | 44 | Tertiary neonatal units | 100.0 % | 91.0 % |