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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Crit Care Med. 2020 Jun;48(6):862–871. doi: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000004334

Table:

Patient Characteristics

Baseline Characteristics on Admission N, Mean or Median
Number of critically ill patients 112
 Sepsis (%) 53 (47.3)
 Intracerebral hemorrhage (%) 59 (52.7)
Age (mean (SD)) 63.74 (16.66)
Sex = male (%) 65 (58.6)
Race (%)
 Asian 4 (3.6)
 Black 35 (31.2)
 White 73 (65.2)
Ethnicity (%)
 Hispanic or Latino 13 (11.7)
 Not Hispanic or Latino 97 (87.4)
 Unknown or Not Reported 1 (0.9)
Pre-existing dementia 7 (6.3)
Baseline disability by modified Ranking Scale (median [IQR]) 0 [0, 2]
Glasgow Coma Scale at initial presentation (median [IQR]) 13.00 [10.00, 15.00]
ICH Score (median [IQR], only reported for patients with ICH) 1.00 [1.00, 2.00]
Sepsis patients in shock at initial presentation (%) 46 (88.5)
Exposures During Circadian Characterization Interval
Median Glasgow Coma Scale score over 24 hours (median [IQR]) 14.00 [10.00, 15.00]
Glasgow Coma Scale score nadir (median [IQR]) 14.00 [8.00, 15.00]
Median Richmond Agitation Sedation Scale score over 24 hours (median [IQR]) 0.00 [−2.00, 0.00]
Richmond Agitation Sedation Scale score nadir (median [IQR]) −1.00 [−3.25, 0.00]
Delirium by CAM-ICU (%) 10 (8.9)
Sequential Organ Failure Assessment score (SOFA; median [IQR]) 5 [2.75, 9]
 SOFA for sepsis patients only 7 [3, 11]
Mechanical ventilation (%) 43 (38.4)
Intravenous sedatives (%) 46 (41.1)
SOFA blood pressure categories (%)
 0: No hypotension 57 (50.9)
 1: MAP <70 mmHg 20 (17.9)
 3: Dopamine >5, epinephrine ≤0.1, or norepinephrine ≤0.1 mcg/kg/min 12 (10.7)
 4: Dopamine >15, epinephrine >0.1, or norepinephrine >0.1 mcg/kg/min 23 (20.5)
Acute kidney injury by KDIGO category (%)
 No AKI 79 (71.2)
 Stage 1 15 (13.5)
 Stage 2 11 (9.9)
 Stage 3 6 (5.4)
Renal replacement therapy (%) 2 (1.8)