Impact of a Premorbid Psychiatric Disorder on the Incidence of Delirium during ICU Stay, Morbidity, and Long-Term Mortality
Table 2
Main results.
Psychiatric ()
Nonpsychiatric ()
value
Delirium (%)
65
56
0.13
Delirium (days)
3 (0–6)
1 (0–4)
0.04
CAM-ICU positive (days)
1 (0–3)
0 (0–2)
0.08
Use of midazolam (days#)
2 (1–3)
2 (2–3)
0.37
Use of antipsychotics
Haloperidol (%)
47
51
0.56
Haloperidol (days)
0 (0–4)
1 (0–4)
0.65
Quetiapine (%)
24
18
0.23
Use of sedatives (%)
Clorazepate
3
13
<0.001
Propofol
12
18
0.13
Others
24
31
0.18
LOS ICU (days)
7 (5–12)
6 (4–11)
0.07
LOS hospital (days)
20 (14–32)
16 (10–26)
0.006
Mechanical ventilation (hours)
66 (23–145)
39 (7–130)
0.01
ICU mortality (%)
5.4
10.8
0.12
Hospital mortality (%)
9.7
13.3
0.39
Data are presented as median (IQR). CAM-ICU: Confusion Assessment Method in the Intensive Care Unit, LOS: length of stay, ICU: intensive care unit. #For the initial sedation. To treat delirium.
