Table 1:

Characteristics of Canadian PICUs (n = 19)*

CharacteristicNo. (%)
Hospital type
 Stand-alone children’s hospital5 (26)
 Children’s health unit in a larger, mixed hospital11 (58)
 Women and children’s hospital3 (16)
PICU type
 Medical–surgical11 (58)
  Level 2 medical–surgical†2 (11)
 Cardiac2 (11)
 Mixed medical–surgical–cardiac6 (32)
No. of beds
 < 105 (26)
 10–1910 (53)
 ≥ 204 (21)
Ages admitted, yr
 Birth to 162 (11)
 Birth to 173 (16)
 Birth to 1814 (74)

  • Note: PICU = pediatric intensive care unit.

  • ↵* Information provided by respondents from each PICU.

  • ↵† Units providing single-organ support and short-term invasive mechanical ventilation only.