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Table 1 General characteristics of study population

From: The practice of intensive care in Latin America: a survey of academic intensivists

Variable

Data

Age, years, median (IQR)

40 (35–48)

Female sex, n (%)

238 (32%)

ICU experience, years, median (IQR)

10 (5–10)

ICU experience, n (%)

  < 10 years

391 (53)

 11–20 years

197 (27)

 21–30 years

123 (17)

  > 30 years

24 (3)

ICU type (public)

440 (60)

ICU type (academic)

494 (67)

Primary specialty, n (%)

 Surgery

15 (2)

 Emergency medicine

25 (3)

 Anesthesia

31 (4)

 Internal medicine only

136 (19)

 Internal medicine

199 (27)

 Intensive care medicine only

411 (56)

 Intensive care medicine

505 (69)

Training, n (%)

 On-the-job training

177 (24)

 2-year program

204 (28)

 3-year program

152 (21)

 4-year program

155 (21)

 Other

45 (6)

 No training

2 (0)

Reading scientific papers, n (%)

 Daily

43 (6)

 1–3/week

346 (50)

 1–2/month

305 (44)

 Other

41 (6)