From: Pediatric trauma and emergency surgery: an international cross-sectional survey among WSES members
Items (Question & answer) |  ≤ 500 in-hospital beds n = 36 (27.1%) |  > 500 in-hospital beds n = 97 (72.9%) | p value | ||
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(n) | n.a | (n) | n.a | ||
Who performs trauma surgery? |  |  |  |  |  |
 Scenario 1: car accident, free abdominal fluid in a 8 year old child? |  | 1 |  | 0 | p = 0.0004 |
  Emergency surgeon | 10ø |  | 23ø |  |  |
  General surgeon | 15 |  | 13 |  |  |
  Pediatric surgeon | 5 |  | 46 |  |  |
  General OR pediatric surgeon | 5 |  | 15 |  |  |
 Scenario 2: car accident, free abdominal fluid in a 4 year old child? |  | 3 |  | 1 | p = 0.0002 |
  Emergency surgeon | 9ø |  | 21ø |  |  |
  General surgeon | 14 |  | 10 |  |  |
  Pediatric surgeon | 8 |  | 50 |  |  |
  General OR pediatric surgeon | 2 |  | 15 |  |  |
Who performs emergency surgery? | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Scenario 3: acute appendicitis in a 8 year old child? |  | 5 |  | 5 | p = 0.0025 |
  Emergency surgeon | 5ø |  | 10ø |  |  |
  General surgeon | 15 |  | 17 |  |  |
  Pediatric surgeon | 7 |  | 53 |  |  |
  General OR pediatric surgeon | 4 |  | 12 |  |  |
 Scenario 4: acute appendicitis in a 4 year old child? |  |  2 |  |  2 | p = 0.0046 |
  Emergency surgeon | 5ø |  | 8ø |  |  |
  General surgeon | 14 |  | 14 |  |  |
  Pediatric surgeon | 13 |  | 62 |  |  |
  General OR pediatric surgeon | 2 |  | 11 |  |  |