Table 1.

The structure and human resources at SUH and NCCHD PICUs.

Variables	SUH PICU	NCCHD PICU
No. of beds	5	20
No. of annual admission	±320	±1100
No. of annual admission/bed	64	55
Staff:
No. of attending staff	4 (pediatricians)	11 (pediatric intensivists)
No. of trainees	4	15
No. of nurses	23	70

NCCHD: National Center for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan. SUH: Sohag University Hospital, Sohag, Egypt. PICUs: pediatric intensive care units.