Demographics | No. of respondents (%) |
---|---|
Certification level | |
Intensivist | 589 (81) |
Resident, specialist in training | 53 (7) |
Specialist, non-intensivist practising ICU | 73 (10) |
Others | 10 (1) |
Primary medical specialty | |
Anaesthesiology | 450 (62) |
Cardiology | 18 (2) |
Internal medicine | 144 (20) |
Neurology | 4 (1) |
Pulmonology | 25 (3) |
Surgery | 15 (2) |
Others | 67 (10) |
Type of intensive care unit (ICU) | |
Medical ICU | 63 (9) |
Surgical ICU | 536 (74) |
Mixed ICU | 110 (15) |
Others | 16 (2) |
Number of ICU beds | |
< 10 | 209 (29) |
10–15 | 206 (28) |
16–20 | 115 (16) |
> 20 | 193 (27) |
Not specified | 2 (0) |
Annual number of patients treated in the ICU | |
< 500 | 178 (25) |
501–1000 | 239 (33) |
1001–1500 | 139 (19) |
1501–2000 | 66 (9) |
> 2000 | 98 (14) |
Not specified | 5 (1) |
Type of institution | |
University hospital | 326 (45) |
University-affiliated hospital | 146 (20) |
Non-university public hospital | 183 (25) |
Private hospital | 64 (9) |
Others | 6 (1) |
Which unit do you use to measure haemoglobin? | |
g/dL | 499 (69) |
g/L | 171 (24) |
mmol/L | 55 (8) |