Table 1.
Patient characteristics
| No | Sex | Age | Diagnosis | APACHE II | Medications | MV | Outcome |
| 1 | F | 58 | SBH | 22 | Midazolam | 5 | S |
| 2 | M | 54 | ICH | 20 | — | 5 | D |
| 3 | M | 54 | COPD | 28 | Midazolam | 5 | D |
| 4 | F | 70 | COPD | 30 | Propofol | 8 | S |
| 5 | M | 48 | Head injury | 24 | Fentanyl, Midazolam | 10 | S |
| 6 | M | 19 | GBS | 14 | Fentanyl | 5 | S |
| 7 | M | 40 | Head injury | 29 | Fentanyl, Midazolam | 6 | D |
| 8 | M | 67 | Head injury | 28 | Fentanyl, Midazolam | 7 | S |
| 9 | M | 76 | ICH | 28 | Midazolam | 6 | D |
| 10 | M | 41 | Drug overdose | 12 | — | 4 | S |
| 11 | M | 74 | ICH | 25 | Midazolam, Fentanyl | 4 | D |
| 12 | M | 74 | Cardiac failure | 27 | Lorazepam | 4 | D |
| 13 | F | 64 | ICH | 25 | Midazolam | 6 | S |
| 14 | M | 25 | Head injury | 17 | Lorazepam, Fentanyl | 5 | S |
| 15 | M | 26 | Trauma | 22 | Fentanyl | 5 | S |
| 16 | M | 55 | Head injury | 24 | Propofol | 8 | S |
| 17 | M | 62 | ICH | 27 | — | 6 | S |
| 19 | M | 35 | Head injury | 19 | Propofol, Fentanyl | 8 | S |
| Mean | 52 | 23 | 6 | ||||
| SD | 17 | 5 | 1.7 |
M, male; F, female; S, survival; D, death; ICH, intracerebral hemorrhage; GBS, Guillain Barr syndrome; SBH, subarachnoid brain hemorrhage; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; MV, days of mechanical ventilation.