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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Anesthesiology. 2015 Jun;122(6):1214–1223. doi: 10.1097/ALN.0000000000000669

Table 3.

Summary of CAM assessments (N = 198)

CAM assessment Hyperinsulinemic Clamp
N = 93
Standard Therapy
N = 105
Number of planned CAM assessments* 1023 1155
Overall CAM assessment summary – N (%)
 Evaluated cooperatively 579 (57) 747 (65)
 Refused but evaluated 119 (12) 79 (7)
 Refused and not evaluated 53 (5) 39 (3)
 Not evaluated due to reasons other than refusing 272 (27) 290 (25)
Within patient CAM assessment summary
 % refused and not evaluated assessments # 7.5 ± 13.4 4.9 ± 10.8
 Any refused and not evaluated – N (%) 35 (38) 24 (23)

CAM = Confusion Assessment Method

Statistics are presented as number (percentage) or mean ± SD.

*

11 assessments planned per patient

Out of total number of planned CAM assessments

Patients who were non-available for the delirium assessment were due to one of the following reasons: intubation, sleep, ventilation, other procedures, or hospital discharge.

#

Within each patient, number of refused and not evaluated assessments out of the total number of assessments in which patient were available to participate.