Table 1 Characteristics of ICUs participating in ICU-KISS (Germany) in the years 2019 and 2020.
Parameter | Category/description | Year | P value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2019 | 2020 | |||
N(%) | N(%) | |||
ICUs | Total | 982 (100%) | 921 (100%) | |
Type of ICU | Interdisciplinary in a hospital < 400 beds | 382 (38.9%) | 352 (38.2%) | 0.996 |
Interdisciplinary in a hospital ≥ 400 beds | 190 (19.3%) | 178 (19.3%) | ||
Medical | 119 (12.1%) | 108 (11.7%) | ||
Surgical | 124 (12.6%) | 112 (12.2%) | ||
Neurosurgical | 17 (1.7%) | 19 (2.1%) | ||
Cardiosurgical | 29 (3%) | 31 (3.4%) | ||
Neurologic | 34 (3.5%) | 35 (3.8%) | ||
Pediatric | 24 (2.4%) | 21 (2.3%) | ||
Other than above | 63 (6.4%) | 65 (7.1%) | ||
Size of ICU (beds) | Sum | 13,941 | 12,652 | |
Median (IQR) | 12 (10–16) | 12 (10–16) | 0.921 | |
Size of hospital (beds) | Sum | 536,549 | 517,836 | |
Median (IQR) | 415 (248–684) | 420 (245–735) | 0.540 | |