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. 2019 Apr 22;19:58. doi: 10.1186/s12871-019-0732-8

Correction to: Postoperative delirium in critically ill surgical patients: incidence, risk factors, and predictive scores

Onuma Chaiwat 1,3,, Mellada Chanidnuan 1, Worapat Pancharoen 1, Kittiya Vijitmala 2, Praniti Danpornprasert 2, Puriwat Toadithep 1, Chayanan Thanakiattiwibun 3
PMCID: PMC6477709  PMID: 31010417

Correction to: BMC Anesthesiol (2019) 19:39

https://doi.org/10.1186/s12871-019-0694-x

Following publication of the original article [1], the authors reported a missing data on Table 1 in their paper. The original article [1] has been updated.

Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of delirious and non-delirious patients

Variables Delirium (n = 61) No delirium (n = 189) P-value
Demographic data
 Age (years) 72.7 ± 11.4 61.4 ± 16.8 < 0.001
  ≥ 60 55 (90.2%) 114 (60.3%) < 0.001
 Gender
  Male 31 (50.8%) 90 (47.6%) 0.768
 Comorbidities
  Hypertension 50 (81.9%) 105 (55.6%) < 0.001
  DM 26 (42.6%) 37 (19.6%) 0.001
  Cardiac disease 21 (34.4%) 43 (22.8%) 0.091
  Previous stroke 15 (24.6%) 18 (9.5%) 0.004
  Modified IQCODE score ≥ 3.42 10 (16.39%) 6 (3.2%) 0.001
  ESRD or CKD stage 4–5 10 (16.4%) 24 (12.7%) 0.520
  Cirrhosis 3 (4.9%) 9 (4.8%) 1.000
 Smoking history pack year 41.9 ± 27.1 24.4 ± 21.6 0.155
  ≥ 30 pack year 10 (16.4%) 20 (10.6%) 0.259
 Current alcohol consumption 6 (9.8%) 11 (5.8%) 0.378
 Coma 17 (27.9%) 16 (8.5%) < 0.001
Intraoperative data
 Emergency Surgery 34 (55.74%) 74 (39.2%) 0.026
 Vascular surgery 20 (32.8%) 32 (16.9%) 0.011
 Non-vascular surgery
  Intra-abdominal 23 (37.7%) 65 (34.4%) 0.646
  Orthopedic 3 (4.9%) 26 (13.8%) 0.068
  Gynecological 3 (4.9%) 23 (12.2%) 0.147
  Other 12 (19.7%) 43 (22.8%) 0.723
 Operation time 193.5 ± 162.6 234.8 ± 178.9 0.111
 Intraoperative blood loss (mL) 250 (60–700) 400 (100–1400) 0.079
 Intraoperative PRC transfusion (mL) 264 (0–663) 0 (0–1023) 0.865
 Hypoxia 3 (4.9%) 7 (3.7%) 0.710
 Intraoperative hypotension 50 (82.0%) 146 (77.3%) 0.480
ICU admission
 Hemoglobin (mg/dL) 10.5 ± 2.5 10.9 ± 2.1 0.156
 Blood sugar at admission (mg/dL) 155.6 ± 42.1 152.2 ± 46.3 0.611
 Serum albumin (mg/dL) 2.7 ± 0.6 2.8 ± 0.7 0.168
 BUN/Cr ratio > 20 22 (36.1%) 48 (25.4%) 0.139
 Sepsis 24 (39.3%) 37 (19.6%) 0.003
 APACHE II score 12.1 ± 4.8 8.3 ± 3.9 < 0.001
 SOFA score 5.8 ± 3.4 3.4 ± 2.7 < 0.001
 Mechanical ventilation 54 (88.5%) 131 (69.2%) 0.002
Medication
 Preoperative-Benzodiazepine 8 (13.1%) 10 (5.3%) 0.049
 Inraoperative-Benzodiazepine 32 (53.3%) 93 (47.7%) 0.658
 Benzodiazepine (Pre and Postoperative) 27 (44.3%) 36 (19.1%) < 0.001
 Preoperative-Opioid 5 (8.2%) 18 (9.5%) 1.000
 Intraoperative-Opioid 58 (96.7%) 176 (94.1%) 0.740
 Opioid (Pre and Postoperative) 59 (96.7%) 184 (97.4%) 1.000
 Postoperative-Propofol use 20 (32.8) 31 (16.4%) 0.010

ESRD End stage renal disease, CKD Chronic kidney disease, DM Diabetes mellitus, Modified IQCODE score Modified informant questionnaire on cognitive decline in the elderly score, BUN Blood urea nitrogen, Cr Creatinine, APACHE II score Acute physiology and chronic health evaluation II score, SOFA score Sequential organ failure assessment score

Data presented as mean ± SD or median (IQR) or N (%)

The correct Table 1 is shown below.

Reference

  • 1.Chaiwat, et al. Postoperative delirium in critically ill surgical patients: incidence, risk factors, and predictive scores. BMC Anesthesiology. 2019;19:39. doi: 10.1186/s12871-019-0694-x. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]

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