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Table 1.
PICU characteristics of the first (n = 156) and point prevalence part (n = 41) of the survey
No. of PICUs (%)
Characteristic
Part 1: Survey
(n = 156)
Part 2: Point prevalence
(n = 41)
Continent
Asia
Africa
Europe
North America
Oceania
South America
37 (24)
5 (3.2)
48 (31)
33 (21)
9 (5.8)
24 (15)
9 (22)
2 (4.9)
16 (39)
3 (7.3)
2 (4.9)
9 (22)
Income category (country)
Low
Lower middle
Upper middle
High
1 (0.6)
20 (13)
49 (31)
86 (55)
0 (0.0)
2 (4.9)
15 (37)
24 (59)
Hospital type
General hospital
University hospital
Children’s hospital
University children’s hospital
31 (20)
51 (33)
20 (13)
48 (31)
7 (17)
15 (35)
4 (9.8)
14 (33)
Type of PICU
Multidisciplinary/mixed
Cardiac
Medical
135 (86)
6 (4.0)
8 (5.1)
35 (85)
2 (4.9)
2 (4.9)
Combination of PICU
With adult ICU
With Neonatal ICU
With adult and neonatal ICU
Not combined
9 (5.8)
25 (16)
3 (2.0)
119 (76)
1 (2.4)
8 (20)
0 (0.0)
32 (78)
Size of PICU
1-10 beds
11-20 beds
21-30 beds
>30 beds
76 (49)
51 (33)
23 (15)
6 (3.5)
20 (49)
13 (32)
7 (17)
1 (2.4)
Admissions (patients/yr)
Median (interquartile range)
500 (296-793)
450 (350-700)
Ventilated patients
< 25%
25-50%
50-75%
>75%
22 (14)
55 (35)
49 (31)
30 (19)
5 (12)
13 (32)
14 (33)
10 (23)
PICU and patient demographics
The responding PICUs in the first part of the
survey
represented approximately 90,000
admissions per year. Fifty-two percent of PICUs were located in North America and Europe.
Fourteen percent of PICUs were situated in low- or lower-middle-income countries, and 86%
of PICUs were multidisciplinary. All PICU demographics are shown in Table 1.