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Table 1 Demographic variables of delirium and nondelirium ICU patients

From: Biomarkers associated with delirium in critically ill patients and their relation with long-term subjective cognitive dysfunction; indications for different pathways governing delirium in inflamed and noninflamed patients

 

Delirium

(n= 50)

Nondelirium

(n= 50)

Pvalue

Age in years (95% CI)

72 (38-86)

68 (31-84)

0.10

Gender (male, n, %)

27 (46)

26 (40)

0.50

Medical patients (n, %)

14 (28)

13 (26)

0.50

Unplanned admissions (n, %)

23 (46)

7 (35)

0.34

APACHE-II score (point)

(95% CI)

16 (9-25)

15 (6-23)

0.11

Inflamed patients (n, %)

26 (52)

20 (40)

0.16

Days on the ICU (median [IQR] before blood drawn

1 [1, 2]

1 [1–3]

0.38

Mean arterial blood pressure in mm Hg (95% CI)

64 (47-90)

65 (50-105)

0.37

Use of sedatives (midazolam, propofol) (n, %)

28 (56)

16 (32)

0.13

Use of opiates (n, %)

45 (90)

42 (84)

0.28

Urea in mmol/L (95% CI)

11 (4-29)

9 (4-23)

0.14

Metabolic acidosis (n, %)

15 (30)

14 (28)

0.50

  1. Data are expressed as mean and standard deviation (±), unless other reported.