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Table 1 Summary of participant characteristics

From: Fluid resuscitation practice patterns in intensive care units of the USA: a cross-sectional survey of critical care physicians

  

AnesthesiologistsA

SurgeonS

Critical care medicineC

PulmonologistsP

  

(n = 125)

(n = 125)

(n = 104)

(n = 148)

ICU type

Surgical

58.4 %

74.4 %A

Medical

52.9 %

61.5 %

ICU accepting variety of patients

41.6 %S

25.6 %

47.1 %S

38.5 %S

Practice setting

University hospital

24.8 %

28.0 %

31.7 %

26.4 %

Nonuniversity hospital

75.2 %

72.0 %

68.3 %

73.6 %

Hospital size

No. of beds in the hospital

343

410

410

403

No. of ICU beds in the hospital

35

49A

39

41

  1. Superscripts A, S, C, and P denote differences between specialties that are statistically significant at P < 0.05
  2. ICU intensive care unit