Table 1 Characteristics of the survey respondents
Overall | Adult practice | Pediatric practice | p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
n | 418 | 308 | 110 | |
Age, years, mean (SD) | 39 (10) | 39 (11) | 40 (8) | 0.421 |
Clinical practice, years, mean (SD) | 11 (9) | 11 (10) | 12 (8) | 0.577 |
Health care facility location, n (%) | ||||
Africa | 13 (3.1) | 13 (4.2) | 0 (0.0) | 0.029 |
America | 3 (0.7) | 1 (0.3) | 2 (1.8) | |
Other European country | 6 (1.4) | 5 (1.6) | 1 (0.9) | |
France | 366 (87.6) | 272 (88.3) | 94 (85.5) | |
Overseas France | 19 (4.5) | 10 (3.2) | 9 (8.2) | |
No answer | 11 (2.6) | 7 (2.3) | 4 (3.6) | |
Clinical activity, n (%) | ||||
Adult ICU | 251 (60.0) | 251 (81.5) | 0 (0.0) | < 0.001 |
Pediatric ICU | 127 (30.4) | 30 (9.7) | 97 (88.2) | |
Adult high depency unit | 110 (26.3) | 108 (35.1) | 2 (1.8) | |
Pediatric high depency unit | 73 (17.5) | 12 (3.9) | 61 (55.5) | |
Adult emergency department | 14 (3.3) | 14 (4.5) | 0 (0.0) | |
Pediatric emergency department | 14 (3.3) | 2 (0.6) | 12 (10.9) | |
Other | 57 (13.6) | 40 (13.0) | 17 (14.7) | |
Medical specialty, n (%) | ||||
Intensivist and anesthesiologist | 286 (68.4) | 283 (91.9) | 3 (2.7) | < 0.001 |
Intensivist | 39 (9.3) | 27 (8.8) | 12 (10.9) | |
Cardiologist or pneumologist | 4 (0.9) | 3 (0.9) | 1 (0.9) | |
Pediatrician (%) | 110 (26.3) | 0 (0.0) | 110 (100.0) | |
Other (%) | 29 (6.9) | 20 (6.5) | 9 (8.2) | |
Health care facility, n (%) | ||||
Tertiary teaching hospital | 265 (63.4) | 178 (57.8) | 87 (79.1) | < 0.001 |
Private hospital | 39 (9.3) | 39 (12.7) | 0 (0.0) | |
Public hospital | 114 (27.3) | 91 (29.5) | 23 (20.9) | |
Number of beds in health care facility, n (%) | ||||
0 to10 | 70 (16.7) | 50 (16.2) | 20 (18.2) | 0.833 |
11 to 20 | 230 (55.0) | 172 (55.8) | 58 (52.7) | |
> 20 | 118 (28.2) | 86 (27.9) | 32 (29.1) | |
Weekly number of patients with acute circulatory failure in respondent’s care, n (%) | ||||
< 1 patient a week | 81 (19.4) | 48 (15.6) | 33 (30.0) | < 0.001 |
1 to 5 patients a week | 199 (47.6) | 132 (42.9) | 67 (60.9) | |
5 to 10 patients a week | 98 (23.4) | 88 (28.6) | 10 (9.1) | |
> 10 patients a week | 40 (9.6) | 40 (13.0) | 0 (0.0) | |