Table 2 Characteristics of all patients
From: Predisposing factors for delirium in the surgical intensive care unit
DG | NDG | Statistics | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
n (%) | n (%) | Χ2* | P value | |
Gender | ||||
Female | 33 (36.7) | 399 (54.8) | 10.5 | 0.001 |
Male | 57 (63.3) | 329 (45.2) | ||
Admission | ||||
Emergency | 73 (81.1) | 322 (44.2) | 43.6 | 0.000 |
Elective | 17 (18.9) | 406 (55.8) | ||
Kind of treatment | ||||
Operative | 83 (92.2) | 679 (93.3) | 0.13 | 0.71 |
Non-operative | 7 (7.8) | 49 (6.7) |