From: Diagnosing sepsis is subjective and highly variable: a survey of intensivists using case vignettes
Respondent profile | Data |
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Subspecialties, n (%) | |
Critical care | 83 (88.3 %) |
Pulmonary | 37 (39.4 %) |
Anesthesia | 18 (19.1 %) |
Surgery | 8 (8.5 %) |
Emergency medicine | 8 (8.5 %) |
Infectious diseases | 4 (4.3 %) |
Academic hospital (versus community hospital), n (%) | 85 (90.4 %) |
Region, n (%) | |
Northeastern United States | 62 (66.0 %) |
Midwestern United States | 13 (13.8 %) |
Southern United States | 8 (8.5 %) |
Western United States | 10 (10.6 %) |
Non-U.S. country | 1 (1.1 %) |
Median years in practice (IQR) | 8 (3–15) |
Median percentage of time doing clinical work (IQR) | 50 (25–80) |
Median percentage of clinical time spent in ICU (IQR) | 50 (30–90) |
Median number of ICU patients cared for each month (IQR) | 40 (20–55) |