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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Anesthesiology. 2013 Mar;118(3):631–639. doi: 10.1097/ALN.0b013e31827bd193

Table 1.

Demographic Characteristics and Outcomes of the Study Population

Variable* N=147
Age (years) 57 (47, 67)

Males (%) 56

APACHE II at enrollment 26 (19, 31)

Severe sepsis at admission (%) 30

IQCODE at enrollment 3 (3, 3.2)

Prehospital statin use (yes, %) 32

ICU type

 Medical ICU (%) 54
 Surgical ICU (%) 46

Reactive hyperemia index 1.51 (1.32, 1.81)

Mechanically ventilated at enrollment (%) 85

Duration of mechanical ventilation (days) 3 (0.9, 7.1)

ICU length of stay (days) 4.7 (2.0, 11.1)

Hospital length of stay (days) 8.9 (5.2, 17.1)

Delirium present during 14-day study period (%) 70

Delirium duration (days) 2 (0, 4)

Coma duration (days) 1 (0, 4)

Delirium/coma-free days 10 (3, 13)
*

Median (Interquartile range) unless specified.

The number of days alive and without delirium or coma during the 14 days after study enrollment.

Abbreviations: APACHE, Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation;27 ICU, intensive care unit; IQCODE, Informant Questionnaire on Cognitive Decline in the Elderly.28