Table 3.

Size of unit and sedation practice

Number of beds	Number of ICUs (n = 185)	Sedation guideline (n = 148)#	No guideline (n = 37)	Daily sedation holding (n = 144)	No sedation holding (n = 41)
0 to 4	26	19 (73%)	7 (27%)	20 (77%)	6 (23%)
5 to 8	99	78 (79%)	21 (21%)	78 (79%)	21 (21%)
9 to 12	36	30 (83%)	6 (17%)	31 (86%)	5 (14%)
>12	24	20 (83%)	3 (13%)	15 (63%)	9 (37%)

Percentages are out of the ICUs of that size group. No statistically significant differences were observed. # One ICU with more than 12 beds left this question unanswered. ICU, intensive care unit.