• Yên-Lan Nguyen, Gilles Hejblum, Bertrand Guidet, and On the behalf of the Health Services and Research Section of the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM).
• AP-HP, Hôpital Cochin, Service d'Anesthésie-Réanimation Chirurgicale, Sorbonne Université, INSERM UMR S 1138, Institut Pierre Louis d'Épidémiologie et de Santé Publique, Paris, France. Electronic address: yen-lan.nguyen@aphp.fr.
• J Crit Care. 2019 Dec 1; 54: 99-104.

PurposeMajor acute care research is conducted within critical care research networks (CCRN). Our aims were to describe CCRN and participating ICUs.MethodsA cross-sectional survey was conducted among all CCRNs belonging to the International Forum of Acute Care Trialists. A network questionnaire was sent to CCRN directors and an ICU e-questionnaire was sent to participating ICUS.ResultsSurvey was answered by 366 ICUs from 17 CCRNs (median response rate 21% [12-38]). CCRNs have different organizations (ownership, memberships, funding). The number of studies conducted, patients included and publications varied a lot across CCRNs. The collaboration with other research networks or health authorities was very frequent (n = 13, 76%). Most ICUs (n = 315; 86%) are located in large teaching hospitals in high income countries with a mean volume of 968 (842-1102 (95% CI)) annual admissions. The recognition at the academic level (n = 133; 70%), the collaboration with experts (n = 284; 85%), and improving practices (n = 286; 86%) are incentives reported to belong to a CCRN.ConclusionsDespite different organizations, CCRN share similar ventures including the value of improving quality of critical care delivery. Participating ICUs share several structural and managerial patterns. These observations enlighten the importance of CCRN to enhance quality of critical care delivery.Copyright © 2019 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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