Table 2.
General survey questions (n = 80)
| Variable | n (%) |
|---|---|
| Development of critical care expertise | |
| ECMO | 14 (18) |
| Neurocritical care | 6 (8) |
| Point-of-care ultrasound | 4 (5) |
| Cardiothoracic critical care | 3 (4) |
| Involvement in ICU design or renovation | 12 (15) |
| Participation as consultant to industry or pharmaceutical company | 4 (5) |
| Participation in medicolegal consulting | 3 (4) |
| Society membership | |
| CHEST | 60 (75) |
| SCCM | 55 (69) |
| ATS | 31 (39) |
| Neurocritical Care Society | 7 (9) |
| Others* | 14 (18) |
Definition of abbreviations: ATS = American Thoracic Society; CHEST = American College of Chest Physicians; ECMO = extracorporeal membrane oxygenation; ICU = intensive care unit; SCCM = Society of Critical Care Medicine.
*
Other societies included the American Association for Bronchology and Interventional Pulmonology, American Association of Sleep Medicine, American College of Emergency Physicians, American College of Physicians, American Society of Nephrology, Infectious Disease Society of America, European Respiratory Society, European Society of Intensive Care Medicine, and Extracorporeal Life Support Organization.