|
Equipment and medicationa
|
Developed country (n = 34)
|
Developing country (n = 39)
|
P value
|
|---|
|
Hospital beds
|
0 (0)
|
10.26 (4)
|
.05
|
|
ICU beds
|
2.94 (1)
|
12.82 (5)
|
.13
|
|
Operating room
|
0 (0)
|
5.13 (2)
|
.10
|
|
Central IV catheter
|
0 (0)
|
12.82 (5)
|
.03
|
|
ICU monitoring devices
|
2.94 (1)
|
23.08 (9)
|
.01
|
|
Mechanical ventilators
|
0 (0)
|
7.69 (3)
|
.10
|
|
Cardiac defibrillators
|
0 (0)
|
5.13 (2)
|
.18
|
|
Radiology equipment
|
0 (0)
|
17.95 (7)
|
.009
|
|
Dialysis equipment
|
2.94 (1)
|
38.46 (15)
|
<.001
|
|
Blood bank
|
0 (0)
|
5.13 (2)
|
.18
|
|
Antimicrobials
|
14.71 (5)
|
25.64 (10)
|
.25
|
|
Pain/sedation medicationsb
|
2.94 (1)
|
23.08 (9)
|
.01
|
|
Cardiovascular drugs
|
0 (0)
|
2.56 (1)
|
.35
|
|
Crystalloid fluids
|
0 (0)
|
7.69 (3)
|
.09
|
|
Blood products/albumin
|
0 (0)
|
23.08 (9)
|
.002
|
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ICU intensive care unit, IV intravenous
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aPercentage of respondents in the group who selected “difficult” or “very difficult” for the survey item
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bThese medications include opioids, benzodiazepine, and ketamine
