Table 3.
Outcomes
|
Haloperidol
(n=71) |
Placebo
(n=70) |
Difference (95% CI)* or RR
(95% CI) |
P value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alive, delirium free, and coma free days in first 14 days |
5 (0-10) | 6 (0-11) | −0.48 (−2.08, 1.21) | 0.53 |
| Days in delirium in first 14 days+ |
5 (2-8) | 5 (1-8) | 0.01 (−1.31 to 1.33) | 0.99 |
| Days in coma in first 14 days+ |
0 (0-2) | 0.5 (0-2) | 0.00 (−0.68 to 0.67) | 0.99 |
| Alive, delirium free, and coma free days in first 28 days |
19 (0-24) | 19.5 (0-25) | −0.26 (−3.72 to 3.46) | 0.57 |
| Days in delirium in first 28 days+ |
5 (2-10) | 5 (1-9) | −0.38 (−2.37 to 1.62) | 0.71 |
| Days in coma in first 28 days+ |
0 (0-2) | 1 (0-2) | −0.05 (−0.82 to 0.72) | 0.90 |
| Ventilator free days in first 28 days |
21 (0-25) | 17 (0-25)) | 0.25 (−3.26 to 4.16) | 0.88 |
| Mortality at 28 days | 20 (28.2%) | 19 (27.1%) | RR 1.04 (0.61 to 1.77) | .. |
| Length of critical care stay (days) ‡ |
9.5 (5-14) | 9 (5-18) | −1.45 (−5.42, 2.52) | 0.47 |
| Length of hospital stay (days) § |
18.5 (12-31) | 26 (15-40) | −5.13 (−21.75 to 11.48) | 0.54 |
Data are number (%), median (IQR), unless otherwise specified. RR=risk ratio.
CI bootstrapped.
†Including patients who died within study period.
Excluding patients who died in ICU: n=52 for haloperidol, n=51 for placebo.
Excluding patients who died in hospital: n=42 for haloperidol, n=47 for placebo.