Table 1 Characteristics of patient population
Variable | Patients n = 175 | |
|---|---|---|
non-septic patients n = 130 | septic patients n = 45 | |
Age at enrollment | ||
Median (min., max.) | 64.0 (20.0–95.0) | 61.0 (30.0–91.0) |
Gender, n (%) | ||
Male | 89.0 (68.5) | 33 (73.3) |
Female | 41.0 (31.5) | 12 (26.7) |
ICU – LOS - days | ||
Median (min., max.) | 8 (1.0–86.0) | 14.0 (1.0–87.0) |
Overall mortality, n (%) | 10 (7.7) | 22 (48.9) |
Disease severity scoring | ||
SAPS II | ||
Median (min., max.,) | 26.8 (9.8–54.5) | 35.4 (7.0–58.1) |
TISS-28 | ||
Median (min., max.,) | 10.3 (4.0–30.2) | 18.6 (5.0–29.9) |
Delirium n (%) | 36 (27.7) | 40 (88.9) DD SAE |
• Hypoactive | • 12 (33.3) | • 35 (87.5) |
• Hyperactive | • 5 (13.9) | • 1 (2.5) |
• Mixed-form | • 19 (52.8) | • 4 (10.0) |
Cognitive dysfunction n (%) | 24 (18.5) | 1 (2.2) |
Sedation until decease n (%) | – | 3 (6.7) |
Permanently CAM-ICU negative n (%) | – | 1 (2.2) |
Primary reason for ICU admission, n (%) | ||
Neurosurgery & brain haemorrhage | 40 (30.8) | 4 (8.9) |
Abdominal surgery | 28 (21.5) | 20 (44.4) |
Trauma surgery | 20 (15.4) | 3 (6.7) |
Cardiac surgery | 15 (11.5) | 1 (2.2) |
Vascular surgery | 12 (9.2) | 5 (11.1) |
Thoracic surgery | 11 (8.5) | 4 (8.9) |
Respiratory failure | 4 (3.1) | 5 (11.1) |
Haemato-oncology | – | 2 (4.4) |
Urinary system | – | 1. (2.2) |