Table 1.
Demographic and clinical variables for 1942 patients
| Variable | No. (%) of patientsa |
|---|---|
| Demographic variables | |
| Age, mean (SD), y | 63 (18) |
| Sex | |
| Male | 1074 (55) |
| Female | 868 (45) |
| Ethnicity | |
| Hispanic | 383 (20) |
| Non-Hispanic | 1537 (79) |
| Unknown/refused | 22 (1) |
| Race | |
| White | 1194 (61) |
| Black | 229 (12) |
| Asian/Pacific Islander/Hawaiian | 208 (11) |
| Otherb | 311 (16) |
| Primary language | |
| English | 1641 (85) |
| Spanish | 151 (8) |
| Otherc | 150 (8) |
| Clinical variables | |
| Diagnosis category at admission | |
| Sepsis | 590 (30) |
| Otherd | 373 (19) |
| Gastrointestinal/hepatologic | 249 (13) |
| Cardiac | 243 (13) |
| Respiratory | 214 (11) |
| Hematologic/oncologic | 138 (7) |
| Renal/endocrine/rheumatologic | 135 (7) |
| Intubated | 707 (36) |
| Ever needed physical restraints | 557 (29) |
| Ever received a sedative infusion | 594 (31) |
| Fentanyl | 461 (24) |
| Propofol | 360 (19) |
| Midazolam | 321 (17) |
| Dexmedetomidine | 178 (9) |
| Ever delirious | 428 (22) |
| Length of stay, median (IQR), d | |
| ICU | 5 (3–8) |
| Hospital | 10 (5–20) |
| Death | |
| In ICU | 339 (17) |
| In hospital | 410 (21) |
Abbreviations: ICU, intensive care unit; IQR, interquartile range.
a
Unless indicated otherwise in the first column.
b
Includes unknown, patient refused, and unrecorded.
c
Includes Amharic, Arabic, Armenian, Bulgarian, Cantonese, Chinese, Farsi, French, Hebrew, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin, Russian, unknown, Urdu, Vietnamese, and other.
d
Includes neurological disorders, nonsepsis infectious disease, toxicology, dermatologic disorders.