Research Article

A National Survey of Pediatric Intensive Care Units in Pakistan

Table 1

Characteristics of PICUs.

General
 Number of hospitals16
 Number of pediatric beds2551
 Number of PICU beds155
 Tertiary care center16/16
 Public/private13/3
Types of PICUs
 Medical12 (75%)
 Cardiac3 (18.7%)
 Multidisciplinary1 (6.2%)
Sizes of PICUs (no. of beds)
 <51 (6.2%)
 06–107 (43.8%)
 >118 (50%)
Pediatric subspecialties
 Pediatric surgery13 (81.2%)
 Pediatric cardiology10 (62.5%)
 Pediatric nephrology8 (50%)
 Pediatric neurology6 (37.5%)
 Pediatric hem-onc8 (50%)
Equipment/technology
 Cardiac monitors16 (100%)
 Mechanical ventilators15 (93.8%)
 Crash carts14 (87.5%)
 Infusion pumps15 (93.8%)
 Invasive hemodynamic monitoring8 (50%)