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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: JAMA Surg. 2013 Jan;148(1):29–35. doi: 10.1001/jamasurgery.2013.403

Table 1. Characteristics of survey respondents (N = 912)*.

Characteristic N (%)
Specialty
 Vascular 327 (36)
 Neurosurgery 312 (30)
 Cardiac 273 (34)

Years in Practice
 0-10 196 (23)
 11-20 215 (25)
 21-30 233 (27)
 31+ 223 (26)

Gender
 Male 850 (94)
 Female 50 (6)

Practice Type
 Private practice 343 (38)
 Academic practice 323 (36)
 Private with academic affiliation 167 (19)
 Other 61 (7)

ICU Administrative Model
 Closed 96 (11)
 Open 277 (32)
 Mixed 500 (57)
 Other 4 (0.5)

Number of High-risk Procedures per Month
 0 34 (4)
 1-5 311 (37)
 6-10 256 (30)
 11+ 239 (28)
*

Numbers do not sum to 912 because not all responders answers all questions.