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. 2017 Aug 24;118(5):755–761. doi: 10.1093/bja/aex054

Table 1.

Patient demographics, baseline characteristics, and results of the 41 patients. BSR, burst-suppression ratio; CNS disease, central nervous system disease, comprising a history of delirium, dementia, depression, seizures, psychiatric disorder, stroke, transient ischaemic attack, or other neurological disorders; PSI, patient state index™; TICS™, Telephone Interview of Cognitive Status instrument

Variable Postoperative delirium
Yes No
Total number 7 34
Age {yr; mean (sd) [range]} 64 (9.62) [51–81] 62 (8.47) [44–75]
Preoperative TICS™ {mean (sd) [range]} 31.2 (4.85) [24.2–37.8] 33.0 (2.90) [27.3–37.8]
Sex [% (n)]
 Female 42.86 (3) 52.94 (18)
 Male 57.14 (4) 47.06 (16)
Ethnicity [% (n)]
 White 85.71 (6) 82.35 (28)
 Not white 14.29 (1) 17.65 (6)
ASA classification [% (n)]
 II (mild systemic disease) 42.86 (3) 44.12 (15)
 III (severe systemic disease) 57.14 (4) 55.88 (19)
Surgery type [% (n)]
 Spine 57.14 (4) 44.12 (15)
 Other 42.86 (3) 55.88 (19)
History of CNS disease [% (n)]
 Yes 71.43 (5) 61.76 (21)
 No 28.57 (2) 38.24 (13)
Chronic opioids [% (n)]
 Yes 0 4
 No 7 30
Intraoperative PSI™ {median (sd)[range]} 30.85 (9.27) [18.01–40.32] 31.92 (10.85)
[7.22–55.49]
Intraoperative BSR {median (sd)[range]} 4.29 (5.35) [0–14] 3.94 (11.53)
[0–60]
Duration of surgery {h; median (sd)[range]} 8.4 (2.99) [3.2–12.5] 3.95 (2.43)
[2.2–13.9]