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. 2009 Oct 29;13(5):R169. doi: 10.1186/cc8145

Table 1.

Comparison of demographic variables and clinical outcomes between PRIS and non-PRIS patients

PRIS
n = 11
No PRIS
n = 1006
P value
Age (years)A 58 ± 14 56 ± 18 0.64

Male (%) 82 65 0.4

APACHE II scoreA 25 ± 6 20 ± 6 0.03

Admitting service (%)

 Medicine 36 35 0.82

 Surgery

 Neurosurgery 9 25 0.39

 Trauma 9 23 0.47

 Other surgery 46 17 0.04

Primary reason for ICU admit (%)

 Trauma 18 23 1.0

 Surgery 28 21 0.89

 Neurological 9 20 0.6

 Respiratory failure 36 17 0.2

 Cardiac 0 9 0.61

 Other 9 10 0.77

Past medical history (%)

 Coronary artery disease 27 30 0.89

 Malignancy 36 18 0.24

 Congestive heart failure 18 18 0.71

 Diabetes 18 16 0.83

 Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease 27 10 0.12

 Other 9 12 0.87

Use of propofol dose >83 μg/kg/min (%) 18 10 0.68

Duration of propofol (days)B 5 (3-7) 4 (3-7) 0.43

Number of PRIS clinical manifestationsC 5 (2-7) 1 (0-6) 0.0001

Duration of ICU stay (days)B 14 (10-18) 12 (7-20) 0.4

ICU mortality (%) 18 20 0.82

Hospital mortality (%) 18 21 0.88

APACHE = acute physiology and chronic health evaluation; ICU = intensive care unit; PRIS = propofol-relation infusion syndrome.

AMean ± standard deviation

BMedian (interquartile range)

CMedian (Range)