The Development of Critical Care Medicine in China: From SARS to COVID-19 Pandemic

Table 2

ICU equipment availability in China in 1999 and 2015 [9, 10].

ICU equipment	1999 (%)	2015 (%)
Bedside monitor	97.4	99.8
Invasive ventilator	84.8	96.7
Infusion pump	79.7	99.4
Noninvasive ventilator	80.0	98.6
Portable cardiac monitor	—	92.6
Portable ventilator	—	83.6
Defibrillator	83.3	99.4
Bronchoscope	22.4	65.9
Hemodynamic monitoring device	50.9	84.6
Bedside ultrasound	—	65.4
Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation	0.0	13.5
Intra-aortic balloon pump	9.2	17.4
Bedside X-ray machine	—	73.6
Blood gas monitor	35.2	97.3