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. 2021 Aug 26;11:17260. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-96839-x

Table 3.

Clinical characteristics of all patients with acute kidney injury.

Clinical characteristics No delirium (N = 153) Delirium (N = 230) p-value
ICU stay (days) 2.0 (1.3–3.6) 5.7 (2.7–9.9)  < 0.001
Mortality 12 (7.8%) 50 (21.7%)  < 0.001
TISS 10 6 (5–13); N = 150 10 (5–15); N = 229  < 0.001
SAPS 2 40 (32–50.3); N = 150 48 (40–56); N = 229  < 0.001
Cause of illness
Cardiac 75 (49.0%) 100 (43.5%) 0.286
Respiratory 24 (15.7%) 51 (22.2%) 0.117
Infectious 34 (22.2%) 63 (27.4%) 0.255
Other 27 (17.6%) 43 (18.7%) 0.795
Resuscitation 3 (2.0%) 28 (12.6%)  < 0.001
Non-invasive ventilation 33 (21.6%) 101 (43.9%)  < 0.001
Invasive mechanical ventilation 29 (19.0%) 92 (40.0%)  < 0.001
Days on mechanical ventilation 0 (0–0.3) 0.5 (0–4.8)  < 0.001
Catecholamine therapy (shock) 41 (33.3%) 158 (68.7%)  < 0.001
Severe shock 24 (15.7%) 93 (40.4%)  < 0.001
ECMO 4 (2.6%) 18 (7.8%) 0.032
Opiate 86 (56.2%) 172 (74.8%)  < 0.001
Propofol 38 (24.8%) 127 (55.2%)  < 0.001
Isoflurane 1 (0.7%) 27 (11.7%)  < 0.001
α2-adrenoceptor agonist 15 (9.8%) 105 (45.7%)  < 0.001
Coronary angiography 36 (23.5%) 57 (24.8%) 0.779
AKI stage II/III 62 (40.5%) 125 (54.3%) 0.008
Renal replacement therapy 18 (11.8%) 34 (14.8%) 0.398
Transient AKI 35 (22.9%) 38 (16.5%) 0.121
Arterial line 97 (63.4%) 196 (85.2%)  < 0.001
Central venous catheter 77 (50.3%) 168 (73.0%)  < 0.001
Urinal catheter 96 (62.7%) 216 (93.9%)  < 0.001
Necessity of blood transfusion 45 (29.4%) 95 (41.3%) 0.018
Lactate at maximum mmol/l 2.5 (1.7–4.2) 3.6 (2.2–5.3); N = 229  < 0.001
Leucocytosis (> 104/µl) 105 (68.6%) 192 (83.5%) 0.001

p value reported in bold if difference is significant (p < 0.05). Data are given as median and interquartile range (25th–75th) or number of patients (percent of all patients in group).