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Table 2 Percent of physicians indicating crystalloids as first choice for volume expansion based on patient types

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

   Practice settings
   University hospital Nonuniversity hospital
   (n = 138) (n = 351)
All clinical specialties n 138 364
  Patient type 1 71.7 % 74.7 %
  Patient type 2 45.7 % 61.5 %*
  Patient type 3 64.5 % 73.6 %
Anesthesiologists only n 31 94
  Patient type 1 74.2 % 79.8 %
  Patient type 2 32.3 % 52.1 %*
  Patient type 3 51.6 % 73.4 %*
Surgeons only n 35 90
  Patient type 1 65.7 % 76.7 %
  Patient type 2 45.7 % 66.7 %*
  Patient type 3 60.0 % 73.3 %
Critical care medicine only n 33 71
  Patient type 1 60.6 % 64.8 %
  Patient type 2 42.4 % 59.2 %
  Patient type 3 54.5 % 64.8 %
Pulmonologists only n 39 109
  Patient type 1 84.6 % 75.2 %
  Patient type 2 59.0 % 67.0 %
  Patient type 3 87.2 % 79.8 %
  1. Patient type 1: patient who needs volume expansion but is not bleeding and not septic. Patient type 2: patient who needs volume expansion in the presence of blood loss when blood transfusion is not indicated (adequate Hb) and patient is not septic. Patient type 3: patient who needs volume expansion for resuscitation in sepsis
  2. *Statistically significant differences of P < 0.05 between practice settings within physician specialty
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