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. 2020 Feb 24;24:66. doi: 10.1186/s13054-020-2796-8

Table 2.

Univariate comparisons between patients with and without delirium

Variable Delirium (N = 57) No delirium (N = 40) P value
Age, years 66 (55–75) 63 (53–73) 0.48
Female gender, n (%) 17 (30) 16 (40) 0.38
Medical admission, n (%) 25 (44) 16 (40) 0.83
Sepsis, n (%) 45 (79) 29 (73) 0.48
APACHE II score, n 22 (17–28) 20 (17–24) 0.18
SOFA score, n 12 (10–14) 11 (8–12) 0.01
Midazolam, mg/kg* 3.0 (1.5–5.6) 1.2 (0.2–4.0) 0.02
Propofol, mg/kg* 125.6 (24.9–238.4) 94.4 (51.9–278.2) 0.90
Fentanyl, μg/kg* 109.2 (71.8–149.3) 80.2 (44.1–131.3) 0.09
Duration of coma, days 7 (4–10) 4 (1–6) 0.003
Duration of mechanical ventilation, days 10 (6–20) 6 (4–8) 0.003
ICU length of stay, days 14 (11–25) 10 (6–14) 0.001
90-day mortality, n (%) 3 (5) 4 (10) 0.44

Data are presented as median (25th–75th percentiles) or percentage (%)

*First 7 days cumulative dose received by continuous infusion