Table 2. Medical decision making in Michigan Intensive Care Units.

	Decision Making
	Intensivist N (%)	Non-intensivist N (%)	Shared N(%)
Ventilator management	62 (66.7%)	24 (25.8%)	7 (7.5%)
Choice of ventilator weaning strategies	64 (68.8%)	24 (25.8%)	5 (5.4%)
Decision to extubate	63 (68.5%)	24 (26.1%)	5 (5.4%)
Choice of sedation or paralytic agents	56 (65.1%)	24 (27.9%)	6 (7.0%)
Choice of vasopressor agents	47 (51.1%)	25 (27.1%)	20 (21.7%)
Decision to call other consultants (e.g. Cardiology, Infectious Diseases)	19 (20.4%)	31 (33.3%)	43 (46.2%)
Choices related to more general medical management (e.g. antibiotics, diabetes management, etc.)	30 (32.2%)	25 (26.9%)	38 (40.1%)
Family meetings, code status discussions	26 (28.6%)	26 (28.6%)	39 (42.8%)

Some responses were left blank yielding a total < 96.