Table 1.
Characteristics of respondents and their intensive care units
| Overall (n = 868) | Europe (n = 485) | North America (n = 140) | Central and South America (n = 87) | Asia/Africa (n = 88) | Oceania (n = 68) | p Value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Certificate | <0.001 | ||||||
| Neurocritical care, n (%) | 77 (9) | 11 (3) | 59 (42) | 4 (5) | 3 (3) | – | |
| Critical care, n (%) | 532 (61) | 321 (66) | 32 (23) | 63 (72) | 61 (69) | 55 (81) | |
| Both, n (%) | 127 (15) | 75 (15) | 31 (22) | 12 (14) | 5 (6) | 4 (5) | |
| None, n (%) | 132 (15) | 78 (16) | 18 (13) | 8 (9) | 19 (22) | 9 (13) | |
| Primary specialty | <0.001 | ||||||
| Anesthesiology, n (%) | 234 (27) | 186 (38) | 7 (5) | 7 (8) | 32 (36) | 2 (3) | |
| Intensive care, n (%) | 495 (57) | 270 (56) | 54 (39) | 65 (75) | 41 (47) | 65 (96) | |
| Internal medicine, n (%) | 36 (4) | 12 (2) | 10 (7) | 7 (8) | 7 (8) | – | |
| Neurology, n (%) | 70 (8) | 5 (1) | 57 (41) | 5 (6) | 3 (3) | – | |
| Pediatrics, n (%) | 12 (1) | 9 (2) | 1 (1) | – | 1 (1) | 1 (1) | |
| Surgery, n (%) | 21 (2) | 3 (1) | 11 (8) | 3 (3) | 4 (5) | – | |
| Years of practice | 0.07 | ||||||
| <5, n (%) | 158 (18) | 88 (18) | 41 (29) | 14 (16) | 15 (17) | – | |
| 5–10, n (%) | 241 (28) | 132 (27) | 33 (24) | 23 (26) | 35 (40) | 18 (26) | |
| 11–15, n (%) | 187 (22) | 98 (20) | 28 (20) | 23 (26) | 21 (24) | 17 (25) | |
| 16–20, n (%) | 117 (13) | 71 (15) | 14 (10) | 10 (11) | 7 (8) | 15 (22) | |
| 21–25, n (%) | 86 (10) | 56 (12) | 8 (6) | 9 (10) | 3 (3) | 10 (15) | |
| >25, n (%) | 79 (9) | 40 (8) | 16 (11) | 8 (9) | 7 (8) | 8 (12) | |
| Type of ICU | <0.001 | ||||||
| Neuro-ICU, n (%) | 170 (20) | 48 (10) | 98 (70) | 15 (17) | 9 (10) | – | |
| Medical ICU, n (%) | 46 (5) | 20 (4) | – | 9 (10) | 15 (17) | 2 (3) | |
| Surgical ICU, n (%) | 75 (9) | 54 (11) | 7 (5) | 3 (3) | 11 (13) | – | |
| Mixed ICU, n (%) | 550 (63) | 346 (71) | 33 (24) | 58 (67) | 51 (58) | 62 (91) | |
| Pediatric ICU, n (%) | 27 (3) | 17 (4) | 2 (1) | 2 (3) | 2 (2) | 4 (6) | |
| Responsible for patients with ABI in the ICU | <0.001 | ||||||
| Anesthesiologist, n (%) | 76 (9) | 67 (14) | 1 (1) | – | 8 (9) | – | |
| Intensivist, n (%) | 494 (57) | 311 (64) | 57 (40) | 43 (50) | 26 (30) | 57 (84) | |
| Neurologist, n (%) | 13 (1) | 2 (1) | 5 (4) | 2 (2) | 4 (5) | – | |
| Neurosurgeon, n (%) | 26 (3) | 4 (1) | 7 (5) | 5 (6) | 10 (11) | – | |
| Mixed responsibility, n (%) | 259 (30) | 101 (21) | 70 (50) | 37 (43) | 40 (45) | 11 (17) | |
| Number of available ICU beds (on the day of the survey) | 14 [10–22] | 12 [8–18] | 20 [16–27] | 13 [10–20] | 15 [10–25] | 18 [12–23] | <0.001 |
| Hospital size (beds) | <0.001 | ||||||
| <500, n (%) | 345 (40) | 175 (36) | 40 (29) | 65 (75) | 39 (44) | 26 (38) | |
| 500–750, n (%) | 208 (24) | 107 (22) | 39 (28) | 16 (18) | 18 (20) | 28 (41) | |
| 751–1000, n (%) | 171 (20) | 99 (20) | 41 (29) | 3 (3) | 16 (18) | 12 (18) | |
| >1000, n (%) | 144 (17) | 104 (21) | 20 (14) | 3 (3) | 15 (17) | 2 (3) | |
| Type of institution | <0.001 | ||||||
| University, n (%) | 341 (39) | 205 (42) | 84 (60) | 12 (14) | 25 (28) | 15 (22) | |
| University-affiliated, n (%) | 241 (28) | 109 (22) | 27 (19) | 27 (31) | 29 (33) | 49 (72) | |
| Non-university-affiliated, n (%) | 286 (33) | 171 (35) | 29 (21) | 48 (55) | 34 (39) | 4 (6) | |
| Patients on the day of survey, n (%) | 12 [8–19] | 10 [8–16] | 16 [12–20] | 12 [8–18] | 12 [10–24] | 14 [10–21] | <0.001 |
| Patients with ABI on day of survey, n (%) | 3 [2–6] | 3 [1–5] | 10 [4–13] | 4 [2–6] | 4 [2–8] | 3 [2–4] | <0.001 |
ABI Acute brain injury, ICU Intensive care unit
Data are presented as count (percent) or median [IQR]