From: Safety and clinical impact of FEES – results of the FEES-registry
Setting (N = 2401) | |
Outpatient service | 216 (9.0) |
Acute care facility | 1692 (70.5) |
Rehabilitation facility | 493 (20.5) |
Level of care (for inpatients, N = 1735) | |
Normal ward | 808 (46.6) |
Intermediate care unit | 539 (31.1) |
Intensive care unit | 388 (22.4) |
Examiner’s profession (N = 2389) | |
Physician involved | 1404 (58.8) |
SLT involved | 2282 (95.5) |
SLT alone | 985 (41.2) |
Examiner’s experience (N = 2401) | |
< 30 FEES | 420 (17.7) |
30–200 FEES | 609 (25.6) |
201–500 | 389 (16.4) |
> 500 | 960 (40.4) |
Examination time (min.) (N = 2362) | 9.84 (5.89) |