Table 1:
Characteristic | No. (%) |
---|---|
Hospital type | |
Stand-alone children’s hospital | 5 (26) |
Children’s health unit in a larger, mixed hospital | 11 (58) |
Women and children’s hospital | 3 (16) |
PICU type | |
Medical–surgical | 11 (58) |
Level 2 medical–surgical† | 2 (11) |
Cardiac | 2 (11) |
Mixed medical–surgical–cardiac | 6 (32) |
No. of beds | |
< 10 | 5 (26) |
10–19 | 10 (53) |
≥ 20 | 4 (21) |
Ages admitted, yr | |
Birth to 16 | 2 (11) |
Birth to 17 | 3 (16) |
Birth to 18 | 14 (74) |
Note: PICU = pediatric intensive care unit.
Information provided by respondents from each PICU.
Units providing single-organ support and short-term invasive mechanical ventilation only.