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. 2021 Mar 11;160(2):519–528. doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2021.03.005

Table 3.

Weighted National Estimates of Patterns of Nontraditional ICU Providers in the Roles of ICU Providers

Type %
Medical/surgical nurses used in the role of ICU nurses 29.9
ED, PACU, or operating room nurses in the role of ICU nurses 15.7
Physicians without critical care certification in the role of intensivists 9.7
PICU clinicians in the role of adult ICU clinicians 2.2
Other 13.8

Weighted estimates used inverse probability weighting to account for the sampling strategy and propensity score methods to account for nonresponse. PACU = postanesthesia care unit.