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Table 4 Outcomes

From: Postoperative delirium in critically ill surgical patients: incidence, risk factors, and predictive scores

Variables

Delirium (n = 61)

No delirium (n = 189)

P-value

Duration of mechanical ventilation (days)

3 (1–6)

1 (0–3)

< 0.001

ICU events

  

< 0.001

 None

45 (73.8%)

181 (95.8%)

 

 Self-extubation

8 (13.1%)

3 (1.6%)

 

 Self-removal of Foley’s catheter/NG tube

8 (13.1%)

5 (2.7%)

 

Physical restraint

35 (57.3%)

26 (13.8%)

< 0.001

Sleep deprivation

18 (29.5%)

12 (6.4%)

< 0.001

Nosocomial infection in ICU

11 (9.5%)

18 (18.0%)

0.105

ICU length of stay (days)

5 (3–8)

2 (1–4)

< 0.001

ICU mortality

7 (11.5%)

2 (1.1%)

0.001

Hospital length of stay (days)

19 (13–33)

15 (10–25)

0.009

Hospital mortality

15 (24.6%)

11 (5.8%)

< 0.001

  1. ICU, intensive care unit; UTI, urinary tract infection; CRBSI, catheter-related bloodstream infection
  2. Data presented as mean ± SD or median (IQR) or N (%)