Table 1.

The professional background of participants in Delphi

Specialist	First round Delphi	Second round Delphi
General intensivists	412 (37.7%)	49 (44.1%)
Neurosurgeons	244 (22.3%)	18 (16.2%)
Neurologists	139 (12.7%)	9 (8.2%)
Neuro-intensivists	95 (8.7%)	22 (19.8%)
Medical physicians (except neurologists)	53 (4.8%)	6 (5.4%)
Surgeons (except neurosurgeons)	25 (2.3%)	1 (0.9%)
Emergency physicians	20 (1.8%)	1 (0.9%)
Anaesthesiologists	13 (1.2%)	1 (0.9%)
Rehabilitation physicians	4 (0.4%)	0
Nurses	70 (6.4%)	2 (1.8%)
Respiratory therapists	7 (0.6%)	1 (0.9%)
Medical students	12 (1.1%)	1 (0.9%)
Total	1094	111