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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Heart Lung Transplant. 2018 Feb 2;37(6):755–762. doi: 10.1016/j.healun.2018.01.1295

Table 2.

Unadjusted analysis of risk factors for postoperative delirium.

Relative risk 95% CI p
Age (per 1 year increase)
 Age ≤ 50 1.12 1.01, 1.25 0.028
 Age > 50 0.91 0.85, 0.96 0.001
Male gender 0.93 0.60, 1.44 0.74
Caucasian race 0.80 0.46, 1.41 0.45
History of anxiety 1.29 0.86, 1.95 0.22
History of depression 1.26 0.83, 1.92 0.28
Native lung disease
 COPD Reference
 CF/Non-CF bronchiectasis 0.79 0.39, 1.63 0.53
 Interstitial lung disease 0.66 0.41, 1.07 0.09
 Other 1.20 0.68, 2.13 0.53
Pre-transplant medications
 Corticosteroids 0.97 0.64, 1.48 0.90
 Immunosuppressants 1.10 0.62, 1.97 0.74
 Opiates 0.89 0.47, 1.70 0.73
 Antidepressants 1.01 0.64, 1.58 0.98
 Benzodiazepines 1.38 0.91, 2.09 0.125
Lung allocation score (per 1 point increase) 1.00 0.99, 1.02 0.46
Body mass index (per 1 kg/m2 increase) 1.01 0.96, 1.05 0.82
Cardiopulmonary bypass 1.76 1.19, 2.62 0.005
Bilateral Transplant 1.70 1.06, 2.72 0.027
Duration of the operation (per 30 minute increase) 1.08 1.03, 1.14 0.005
Total ischemic time (per 30 minute increase) 1.10 1.03, 1.18 0.008
Minutes with MAP <60mmHg (per 15 minute increase) 1.09 1.03, 1.15 0.004
Minutes with CPP <50mmHg (per 15 minute increase) 1.06 1.01, 1.10 0.009
Postoperative benzodiazepine treatment 1.79 1.16, 2.74 0.008
Grade 3 PGD 2.25 1.46, 3.48 <0.001

Abbreviations: COPD = chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; CF = cystic fibrosis; MAP = mean arterial pressure; CPP = cerebral perfusion pressure; PGD = primary graft dysfunction