Fluid resuscitation practice patterns in intensive care units of the USA: a cross-sectional survey of critical care physicians

Table 1 Summary of participant characteristics

		Anesthesiologists^A	Surgeon^S	Critical care medicine^C	Pulmonologists^P
		(n = 125)	(n = 125)	(n = 104)	(n = 148)
ICU type	Surgical	58.4 %	74.4 %^A	–	–
	Medical	–	–	52.9 %	61.5 %
	ICU accepting variety of patients	41.6 %^S	25.6 %	47.1 %^S	38.5 %^S
Practice setting	University hospital	24.8 %	28.0 %	31.7 %	26.4 %
Practice setting	Nonuniversity hospital	75.2 %	72.0 %	68.3 %	73.6 %
Hospital size	No. of beds in the hospital	343	410	410	403
Hospital size	No. of ICU beds in the hospital	35	49^A	39	41

Superscripts A, S, C, and P denote differences between specialties that are statistically significant at P < 0.05
ICU intensive care unit

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