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. 2022 Jul 5;10(3):E622–E632. doi: 10.9778/cmajo.20210202

Table 1:

Characteristics of Canadian PICUs (n = 19)*

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.