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. 2021 Jan 7;92(3):1021–1033. doi: 10.1007/s11126-020-09868-6

Table 3.

Reason for referral and difficult weaning

Reason for referral Total DEL SMI NSMI
N (%) N (%) N (%) N (%)
Drug dose adjustment 27 (38.8) 8 (32) 6 (46.2) 13 (39.4)
Confusion 15 (21.1) 14 (56) 1(7.7) 0(0,0)
Anxiety 10 (14.1) 0 (0) 0 (0) 10 (30.3)
Psychomotor agitation 7 (9.9) 2 (8) 3 (23.1) 2 (6.1)
Depression 6 (8.5) 0 (0) 0 (0) 6 (18.2)
Psychosis 3 (4.2) 0 (0) 3 (23.1) 0 (0)
Suicidal behaviour 2 (2.8) 1 (4) 0 (0) 1 (3)
Substance use 1(1.4) 0 (0) 0 (0) 1 (3)
Difficult weaning 10 (14.1) 9 (36) 0 (0) 1 (3)

*DEL: Patients with delirium; *SMI: Patients with severe mental illness; *NSMI: Patients with non-severe mental illness