National preparedness survey of pediatric intensive care units with simulation centers during the coronavirus pandemic

Table 1 Hospital pediatric intensive care unit characteristics

Characteristics of the pediatric intensive care units	n = 22 (%)
Primary hospital setting description
Academic children’s hospital	14 (63.64)a
Community children’s hospital	5 (22.73)
Children’s hospital with a combined pediatric/adult hospital	2 (9.09)
Other	1 (4.55)
Number of children’s hospitals by bed capacity
Less than 100	4 (18.18)
100-199	4 (18.18)
200-299	5 (22.73)
300-399	5 (22.73)
400+	4 (18.18)
PICU description
Combined PICU/Cardiac ICU	6 (27.27)
PICU with a separate CICU at our institution	11 (50.00)
PICU only/ No CICU at our institution	5 (22.73)
Number of PICU beds per institution
< 16	6 (27.27)
16-30	10 (45.45)
31-45	4 (18.18)
> 45	2 (9.09)
Number of patients with confirmed COVID admitted to PICUs
1-3	13 (61.90)
4-6	1 (4.76)
7-9	4 (19.05)
> 10	3 (14.29)

^aP < 0.05.

COVID: Coronavirus disease; CICU: Cardiac intensive care unit; ICU: Intensive care unit; PICU: Pediatric intensive care unit.