Table 1.
Clinical and sociodemographic characteristics of critically ill patients undergoing early neurocognitive intervention (n = 20)
| Age, years (M, SD) | 65 | 10 |
| Sex (N, %) | ||
| Male | 14 | 63.66 |
| Female | 6 | 27.33 |
| Diagnosis (N, %) | ||
| Medical | ||
| Pneumonia | 3 | 15 |
| Septic shock | 3 | 15 |
| Acute respiratory failure | 1 | 5 |
| ARDS | 1 | 5 |
| Pancreatitis | 1 | 5 |
| Toxic intake | 1 | 5 |
| Unplanned surgery | ||
| Peritonitis | 3 | 15 |
| Multiple trauma | 2 | 10 |
| Intestinal perforation | 2 | 10 |
| Pneumoperitoneum | 1 | 5 |
| Planned surgery | ||
| Hemorrhagic shock | 1 | 5 |
| Esophageal perforation | 1 | 5 |
| Receiving MV at inclusion (N, %) | 7 | 35 |
| APACHE-II (M, SD) | 24.84 | 9.04 |
| SOFA (M, SD) | 9.58 | 4.23 |
| GCS (M, SD) | 10.33 | 5.91 |
| ICU LoS, days (Md, IQR) | 16.00 | 2.00 |
| Total MV time, days (Md, IQR) | 9.50 | 1.00 |
| Sedation, days (Md, IQR) | 5.00 | 0.00 |
| Delirium, days (Md, IQR) | 1.39 | 0.80 |
| Septic shock (N, %) | 12 | 60 |
| Cardiac arrest (N, %) | 1 | 5 |
APACHE-II Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II, ARDS acute respiratory distress syndrome, GCS Glasgow Coma Scale, ICU intensive care unit, IQR interquartile range, LoS length of stay, M mean, Md median, MV mechanical ventilation, SD standard deviation