Table 1 Characteristics of participating ICUs
ICUs | N | |
|---|---|---|
Volume | ||
Number of ventilated patients per year/100, Md (IQR) | 48 | 4.93 (3.87–8.35) |
Proportion of ventilated patients on all patients, Md (IQR) | 47 | 0.44 (0.30–0.59) |
Process quality | ||
Daily multiprofessional ward rounds with documentation of daily therapy goals, N (%) | 51 | 51 (100) |
Weekly microbiological ward rounds, N (%) | 52 | 37 (71.2) |
Structural quality | ||
Proportion of physicians with completed specialised training on all physicians, Md (IQR) | 52 | 0.25 (0.16–0.33) |
Direction with additional training “intensive medicine”, N (%) | 52 | 51 (98.1) |
General characteristics | ||
Member of ARDS-network, N (%) | 53 | 37 (69.8) |
Level of care: University hospital, N (%) | 53 | 28 (52.8) |