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Table 2 Descriptive statistics concerning the structure of answering clinics. Table compares descriptive statistics of hospitals responding in 2010 and 2016

From: Awareness and diagnosis for intra-abdominal hypertension (IAH) and abdominal compartment syndrome (ACS) in neonatal (NICU) and pediatric intensive care units (PICU) – a follow-up multicenter survey

Factor

Structure and orientation of ICU

2010

2016

Participation in the 2010 survey

  

n = 152

97%

Medical focus of the ICU

 

n = 155

n = 156

Exclusive NICU

17%

26%

NICU rather than PICU

53%

56%

PICU rather than NICU

12%

8%

Exclusive PICU

4%

5%

Not specified

14%

5%

Age distribution of patients treated

 

n = 155

n = 156

Neonatologic

70%

73%

Pediatric

30%

27%

Level of medical care at participating NICU’s

 

n = 148

n = 156

High level

53%

72%

Intermediate level

17%

13%

Low level

12%

15%

Not specified

18%

 

Size of ICU/ Number of cases in 2009/2015

 

n = 155

n = 156

<  351 patients/year

30%

35%

351 to 700 patients/year

33%

32%

>  700 patients/year

23%

19%

Part of university hospitals

 

n = 155

n = 156

 

30%

31%

  1. ICU Intensive care unit; NICU neonatal intensive care unit (for premature and newborn infants (up to 28 days of life)); PICU pediatric intensive care unit (for older children from infancy to adolescence (beyond the 28th day of life))