Sanne de Bruin

60 Chapter 3 Table 1. Characteristics of the survey respondents Demographic No. of respondents(%) Certification level Intensivist 337(84%) Specialist non-intensivist practicing ICU 33(8%) Resident, specialist in training 26(6%) Other 5(1%) Primary medical specialty 3(1%) Anesthesiology 243(61%) Internal medicine 78(19%) Pulmonology 13(3%) Surgery 9(2%) Cardiology 7(2%) Neurology 1(0%) Other (please specify) 47(12%) Type of ICU Medical ICU 33(8%) Surgical ICU 64(16%) Mixed ICU 294(73%) Other 10(4%) Number of ICU beds <10 95(24%) 10-15 124(31%) 16-20 64(16%) >20 116(29%) Type of institution University hospital 178(44%) University affiliated hospital 104(26%) Non-university public hospital 82(20%) Private hospital 36(9%) Other 1(0%) Availability of transfusion guideline Hospital-wide transfusion protocol 180(45%) ICU-specific transfusion protocol 159(40%) Massive transfusion protocol 209(52%) Unit used to measure hemoglobin g/dl 282(70%) g/L (=mg/mL) 94(23%) mmol/L 25(6%) Economy High income 287(72%) Lower middle income 33(8%) Upper middle income 80(20%)