Figure 1.

Capacity data collection for extracorporeal lung support systems

(“traffic light“) within the “Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome“ (ARDS) network for the period from 2009 (calendar week 48) to 2010 (calendar week 14). Blue represents limited admission capacity and red no admission capacity. The heights of the bars represent the percentage of the respective reported data (blue or red) of the reported data total (yellow, red or green) within the respective calendar week. Altogether 40 hospitals contributed to the capacity data collection