Table 3.

Characteristics and number of catheters in each centre

Centre	Country	Academic	Type of ICU	Patients	PAC	PiCCO
1	Australia	Yes	General	91	45	49
2	Japan	No	Emergency	36	36	0
3	Australia	No	General	61	18	47
4	UK	Yes	Liver	51	0	51
5	Belgium	Yes	General	26	26	0
6	Australia	Yes	General	19	4	16
7	Australia	No	General	4	1	3
8	Australia	Yes	General	43	20	26
Total				331	150	192

ICU, intensive care unit; PAC, pulmonary artery catheter; PiCCO, pulse contour cardiac output.