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Table 1 Patient characteristics

From: Delirium prediction in the intensive care unit: comparison of two delirium prediction models

Variable

Total cohort (N = 2178)

Age in years, mean (SD)

62.1 (15.2)

Male, N (%)

1324 (60.8)

Admission category, N (%)

 -Surgery

1079 (49.5)

 -Medical

859 (39.3)

 -Trauma

86 (4.0)

 -Neurology/neurosurgery

157 (7.2)

Urgent admission, N (%)

1345 (61.8)

Use of sedatives during ICU stay for ≥ 1 day, N (%)

992 (45.5)

Comatose during ICU stay for ≥ 1 day, N (%)

873 (40.1)

E-PRE-DELIRIC score, median (Q1–Q3, min/max)

16.7 (9–32, 2/99)

PRE-DELIRIC score, median (Q1–Q3, min/max)

18.4 (12–30, 3/98)

SOFA score, median (Q1–Q3, min/max)

4.5 (3.0–6.6, 1/20)

APACHE-II score, mean (SD)

17.4 (7.1)

Delirium, N (%)

467 (21.4)

 -Positive delirium assessment

431 (19.7)

 -Positive based on medication for delirium treatment

35 (1.7)

LOS-ICU in days, median (Q1–Q3, min/max)

3.0 (2–6, 1/96)

  1. Sedatives = IV sedative therapy. Level of sedation was assessed using either the Richmond Agitation-Sedation Scale (RASS) or the Riker Sedation-Agitation Scale (SAS) [21, 22]. Coma = RASS = − 4 or − 5 or Riker-SAS = 1 or 2
  2. SOFA Sequential Organ Failure Assessment score [17], APACHE-II the Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II [16], LOS-ICU length of stay in the intensive care unit, PRE-DELIRIC prediction model for delirium in ICU patients, E-PRE-DELIRIC early prediction model for delirium in ICU patients