Application of the Italian version of the Intensive Care Unit Memory tool in the clinical setting

Table 2 Demographic and clinical data of patients interviewed 1 week after intensive care unit discharge

Parameter	Value
Number of patients	93
Male sex	56 (60.2%)
Age (years)	66.4 ± 14.8
Age range	20–89
At ICU admission
APACHE II score	14 (11–18)
SAPS II score	34 (28–41)
PHM according to SAPS II	15.3 (8.8–26.6)
Duration (days) of
Artificial ventilation	5.7 ± 9.6
Artificial ventilation range	0–64
ICU stay (mean [range])	8.5 ± 10.9 (3–72)
Number of patients according to reason for ICU admission
Peritonitis/abdominal abscess/pancreatitis	13
Left ventricular failure	12
Acute respiratory failure (PaO₂/FiO₂ < 200)	10
Exacerbation of COPD	10
Shock	7
Trauma	7
Pneumonia	5
Cardiac arrhythmia	5
Gastric haemorrhage	2
Hepatic failure	2
Admissions after surgery (non emergent)	20

Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation (APACHE) II, Simplified Acute Physiology Score (SAPS) II, and predicted hospital mortality (PHM) according to SAPS II are reported as median (interquartile range). COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; FiO₂, fractional inspired oxygen; ICU, intensive care unit; ICUM, Intensive Care Unit Memory (tool); PaO₂, arterial oxygen tension.

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