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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Crit Care Med. 2012 Oct;40(10):2788–2796. doi: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e31825b8ade

Table 1.

Cohort characteristics and outcomes ~

All Patients (N = 140)
Age, yrs 66 [55 – 75]
Female gender 70 (50)
APACHE II score on admission 27 [22 – 33]
SOFA score 9.0 [7– 12]
Diagnosis of sepsis on admission, N (%) 60 (43)
Days of mechanical ventilation 5.6 [2.6 – 9.6]
ICU length of stay, days 8.6 [5.4 – 13.9]
Intervention arm in parent trial, N (%) 70 (50)
Study outcomes per patient day
Delirium, N (% of 485 days)* 160 (33)
Coma, N (% of 485 days)* 206 (42)
Successful SBT, N (% of 177 days) ^ 73 (41)
Successful extubation, N (% of 196 days) # 39 (20)
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Data presented as median [interquartile range] or N (%) as appropriate

*

Mental status was assessed on all study days prior to death or discharge

^

Success of SBTs was determined on days when an SBT was performed

#

Success of extubation was determined on days when an SBT was performed and/or extubation (planned or self) occurred

Abbreviations: APACHE = Acute Physiologic and Chronic Health Evaluation; SOFA Sequential Organ Failure Assessment score