| Patients with sepsis | Patients without sepsis | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Outcome variable | DEX (n = 31) | LZ (n = 32) | Adjusted P value** | DEX (n = 21) | LZ (n = 19) | Adjusted P value** |
Duration of Brain Organ Dysfunction | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   Delirium/coma-free days** | 6.1 (4.3) | 2.9 (3.2) | 0.005 | 6 (4.7) | 5.5 (3.6) | 0.97 |
   Delirium-free days†| 8.1 (3.1) | 6.7 (2.9) | 0.06 | 8.1 (3.5) | 7.9 (2.8) | 0.80 |
   Coma-free days§ | 9.4 (2.9) | 5.9 (4.2) | < 0.001 | 8.9 (4) | 8.8 (2.6) | 1 |
Other clinical outcomes | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   MV-free days‡ | 15.2 (10.6) | 10.1 (10.3) | 0.03 | 12.8 (11.5) | 17.2 (10) | 0.15 |
   ICU days | 13.4 (15.1) | 12.2 (9.8) | 0.81 | 14.9 (16.5) | 10.4 (8.9) | 0.28 |
   28-day mortality | 16% | 41% | 0.03 | 19% | 5% | 0.21 |