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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the study population. (A) Demographics, pre-existing conditions and interventions (B) Major diagnostic categories. D: delirium group, ND: non-delirium group, ICU: Intensive Care Unit, SAPS II: Simplified Acute Physiology Score II, IQR: interquartile range, COPD: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

From: Delirium at the intensive care unit and long-term survival: a retrospective study

A. Demographics, pre-existing conditions and interventions

 

General population

(D & ND)

Statistical analysis between D & ND groups

D

ND

p-value

N of total Patients

9’604

2’171

7’433

-

Females, n (%)

3’250 (33.8)

626 (28.8)

2’624 (35.3)

< 0.0001

Age,

median (IQR)

63.0 (51.0, 72.0)

68.0 (58.0, 77.0)

61.0 (49.0, 71.0)

< 0.0001

SAPS II,

median (IQR)

35.0 (25.0, 47.0)

• 47.0 (37.0, 59.0)

32.0 (22.0, 43.0)

< 0.0001

ICU length of stay [days],

median (IQR)

1.8 (0.9, 5.0)

8.7 (4.0, 17.0)

1.0 (0.8, 2.6)

< 0.0001

Hospital length of stay [days],

median (IQR)

11.3 (7.6, 18.6)

20.4 (12.8, 32.1)

10.0 (6.9, 15.0)

< 0.0001

Hospital deaths, n (%)

222 (2.0)

96 (4.1)

126 (1.5)

< 0.0001

Mechanically ventilated, n (%)

8’322 (86.6)

1’986 (91.5)

6’336 (85.2)

0.006

Mechanical Ventilation [days],

median (IQR)

0.4 (0.2, 1.02)

2.1 (0.5, 6.4)

0.3 (0.2, 0.5)

< 0.0001

Malignancies, n (%)

1’476 (15.4)

214 (9.9)

1’262 (17.0)

< 0.0001

Acute Respiratory Failure, n (%)

795 (8.3)

286 (13.2)

509 (6.8)

< 0.0001

COPD, n (%)

600 (6.2)

193 (8.9)

407 (5.5)

< 0.0001

Atrial Fibrillation / Flutter, n (%)

1’790 (18.6)

659 (30.4)

1’131 (15.2)

< 0.0001

Diabetes, n (%)

1’488 (15.5)

443 (20.4)

1’045 (14.0)

< 0.0001

Dementia, n (%)

171 (1.8)

66 (3.0)

46 (0.6)

< 0.0001

Hemodynamic mechanical support, n (%)

522 (5.4)

361 (16.6)

161 (2.2)

< 0.0001

Renal replacement therapy, n (%)

293 (3.0)

204 (9.4)

89 (1.2)

< 0.0001

B. Diagnostic Categories of ICU Admission

Cardiovascular system, n (%)

3’763 (39.2)

869 (40.0)

2’894 (38.9)

0.474

Oncology & Hematology, n (%)

1’629 (17.0)

159 (7.3)

1’470 (19.8)

< 0.0001

Others, n (%)

1’271 (13.2)

277 (12.8)

989 (13.3)

0.381

Trauma, n (%)

1’048 (10.9)

372 (17.1)

677 (9.1)

< 0.0001

Neurological system, n (%)

621 (6.5)

113 (5.2)

508 (6.8)

0.009

Respiratory system, n (%)

565 (5.9)

148 (6.8)

417 (5.6)

0.041

Digestive system, n (%)

383 (4.0)

108 (5.9)

275 (3.7)

0.009

Infectious & Parasitic Diseases, n (%)

323 (3.4)

125 (5.8)

198 (2.7)

< 0.0001