Table 5 Patients with delirium (NU-DESC score ≥ 2) compared to patients without delirium
Patients without delirium | Patients with delirium | Comparison | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Parameter | Unit | mean | ± SD | mean | ± SD | * |
Sex | f / m | 574/383 | 60.0/40.0 % | 24/19 | 55.8/44.2 % | 0.59 |
Age | Years | 57.3 | ±18.1 | 72.9 | ±16.1 | <0.0001* |
Duration of surgery | min | 92.9 | ±60.3 | 85.6 | ±59.0 | 0.45 |
Duration of anesthesia | min | 166 | ±71.3 | 167.5 | ±70.5 | 0.90 |
Type of anesthesia | GA / RA | 960/40 | 96.0/4.0 | 43/0 | 100/0 % | 0.17 |
Stay duration in PACU | min | 138.9 | ±55.5 | 128.6 | ±48.2 | 0.24 |
By Surgical Specialty | n= | % | n= | % | ||
General Surgery | 291 | 30.4 | 11 | 25.5 | ||
Orthopedics | 288 | 30.1 | 14 | 32.6 | ||
Gynecology | 177 | 18.5 | 6 | 14.0 | ||
Urology | 98 | 10.2 | 6 | 14.0 | ||
ENT surgery | 63 | 6.6 | 1 | 2.3 | ||
Plastic Surgery | 36 | 3.8 | 0 | 0 | ||