Research Article

Incidence and Risk Factors for Delirium among Mechanically Ventilated Patients in an African Intensive Care Setting: An Observational Multicenter Study

Table 4

Clinical characteristics of patients with and without delirium by univariate analysis.

Variable Delirium ()No delirium () value
Mean SDMean SD

Age 35.20214.17038.42916.2150.183
APACHE II27.3606.23125.6866.4370.506
Heart rate104.19120.76499.00020.2530.116
Respiratory rate23.2477.14620.1436.2120.003
Mean arterial pressure 79.01125.88670.91418.6670.029
Blood sugar8.4392.1968.3491.8670.786
PO269.69727.17962.32936.1420.144
PCO248.25815.61140.20019.7810.005
SPO290.8549.79487.42920.0770.160
HC18.5464.99516.7015.4500.028
White blood cell14.6667.07116.08610.0320.297
GCS7.8882.8467.6863.1420.672
FiO255.53927.26953.21425.8760.586
Length of stay9.8788.9078.8436.7920.464