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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Crit Care Med. 2014 Oct;42(10):2244–2251. doi: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000000522

Table 1. Demographics and clinical characteristics *.

Variable Cohort, n=69
Age 57 (46-68) a
Female (%, n/total) 48% (33/69)
Race (%, n/total)
 Black/African American 14% (10/69)
 White 86% (59/69)
APACHE II 26.0 (20.2-32.0) a
ICU admission diagnosis (%, n/total)
 Sepsis/acute respiratory distress syndrome 35% (24/69)
 Surgery 29% (20/69)
 Airway protection/upper airway obstruction 13% (9/69)
 Myocardial infarction/congestive heart failure 9% (6/69)
 GI bleed/hemorrhagic shock 4% (3/69)
 Other 10% (7/69)
Total Lorazepam (mg) 7 [0.8-64]
Total Fentanyl (mcg) 5375 [1150-12350]
Total Propofol (mg) 0 [0-3291]
Time in burst suppression, minutes 6.4 (1.0-58.0) a
Time under BIS of 40, minutes 67 (2-827) a
Post-coma delirium, (%, n/total) 61% (42/69)
Time to resolution of delirium, hours 25 (0-71) a,b
a

Median (interquartile range)

b

Results for the 49 patients who had resolution of delirium during the study period (n=22) or were never delirious (n=27).

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Abbreviations: APACHE = Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation severity of illness score; BIS = Bispectral Index fronto-temporal EEG monitor, GI = gastrointestinal; ICU = Intensive Care Unit