Research Article
A National Survey of Pediatric Intensive Care Units in Pakistan
Table 1
Characteristics of PICUs.
| General | | Number of hospitals | 16 | Number of pediatric beds | 2551 | Number of PICU beds | 155 | Tertiary care center | 16/16 | Public/private | 13/3 | Types of PICUs | | Medical | 12 (75%) | Cardiac | 3 (18.7%) | Multidisciplinary | 1 (6.2%) | Sizes of PICUs (no. of beds) | | <5 | 1 (6.2%) | 06–10 | 7 (43.8%) | >11 | 8 (50%) | Pediatric subspecialties | | Pediatric surgery | 13 (81.2%) | Pediatric cardiology | 10 (62.5%) | Pediatric nephrology | 8 (50%) | Pediatric neurology | 6 (37.5%) | Pediatric hem-onc | 8 (50%) | Equipment/technology | | Cardiac monitors | 16 (100%) | Mechanical ventilators | 15 (93.8%) | Crash carts | 14 (87.5%) | Infusion pumps | 15 (93.8%) | Invasive hemodynamic monitoring | 8 (50%) |
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