Table 1 Characteristics of participating centers
From: Epidemiology of sepsis in intensive care units in Turkey: a multicenter, point-prevalence study
Characteristics | All centers (N, %) |
|---|---|
Type of hospital | 94 (100) |
University hospital | 52 (55.3) |
Education and research hospitala | 24 (25.5) |
State hospital | 10 (10.6) |
Private hospital | 8 (8.5) |
Specialty of ICU head | 132 (100) |
Intensivist | 66 (50) |
Anesthesiologist | 46 (34.1) |
Surgeon | 8 (6) |
Internist | 5(3.7) |
Neurologist | 3 (2.2) |
Pulmonologist | 3 (2.2) |
Interdisciplinary | 1 (0.7) |
Type of ICU | 132 (100) |
Mixed medical/surgical | 94 (71.2) |
Surgical | 19 (14.3) |
Medical | 16 (12.1) |
Neurological | 3 (2.2) |
Nurse-to-patient ratio | 132 (100) |
1:2 | 48 (36.3) |
1:3 | 59 (44.6) |
1:4 | 25 (18.9) |
The average percent (±SD), and CI 95% of ICU bed occupancy | 92.7% ± 11.4% (91.5-93.0) |