Table 3.

Comparison of agitated patients between MRICU vs. STICU.

Unit	MRICU (n =100)		STICU (n =100)		p-value
Variable	n (%)		n (%)
Total documentation hours	9228 (51.4)		8710 (48.6)
Total agitation hours	931		458
Total documentation blocks	2399 (51.9)		2222 (48.1)
Total agitation blocks	560 (23.3)		323 (14.5)
* Agitated patients	64 (54)		54 (46)		0.20
Agitation hours in first day of admission	354		139
Agitation blocks in first day of admission	207		101
Patients agitated in first day of admission	57 (89.1)		45 (83.3)		0.12
Patients agitated in first hour of admission	26 (48.1)		18 (33.3)		0.23
Patients agitated in first block of admission	36 (56.3)		24 (44.4)		0.09
Patient Level Data	Mean (SD)	Range	Mean (SD)	Range	p value
Percent agitation by hour	9.2 (9.5)	0–43	4.7 (6.8)	0–29	<.0001
Percent agitation by block	21.7 (21.4)	0–68	12.6 (16.4)	0–77	0.001
Percent agitation by day
Day 1	31.9 (32.8)	0–100	15.4 (21.6)	0–100	<.0001
Day 2	21.4 (26.7)	0–100	9.2 (19.6)	0–100	0.0003
Day 3	15.1 (24.2)	0–100	10.3 (24.8)	0–100	0.17
Day 4	12.4 (24.6)	0–100	9.5 (19.9)	0–83	0.36
Day 5	8.9 (20.6)	0–83	8.5 (22.9)	0–100	0.88
Mean agitation onset hour from admission	8.4 (17.2)	0–85	15.5 (26.9)	0–114	0.09
Age (years)	56.7 (16.1)	18–89	53.3 (16.8)	18–82	0.27
ICU length of stay (days)	7.9 (7.5)	1.5–36.2	7.9 (7.9)	1.7–34.1	0.97
Hospital length of stay (days)	15.8 (13.1)	2.2–66.8	18.6 (16.3)	2.8–78.9	0.31
APACHE III score on admission to the ICU	81.2 (27.2)	23–170	66.9 (27.7)	21–132	0.0056
SOFA	7.6 (3.9)	0–18	5.6 (3.5)	1–16	<.0001
Charlson Comorbidity Index	5.5 (3.3)	0–17	3.8 (3.1)	0–13	0.0084

Abbr: intensive care unit (ICU); medical-respiratory intensive care unit (MRICU); surgical-trauma intensive care unit (STICU); Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation III (APACHE III); Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA)

^*Agitated on any ICU study day