Table 1

Comparison of demographic variables and clinical outcomes between PRIS and non-PRIS patients

PRIS

n = 11

No PRIS

n = 1006

P value


Age (years)A

58 ± 14

56 ± 18

0.64


Male (%)

82

65

0.4


APACHE II scoreA

25 ± 6

20 ± 6

0.03


Admitting service (%)


Medicine

36

35

0.82


Surgery


Neurosurgery

9

25

0.39


Trauma

9

23

0.47


Other surgery

46

17

0.04


Primary reason for ICU admit (%)


Trauma

18

23

1.0


Surgery

28

21

0.89


Neurological

9

20

0.6


Respiratory failure

36

17

0.2


Cardiac

0

9

0.61


Other

9

10

0.77


Past medical history (%)


Coronary artery disease

27

30

0.89


Malignancy

36

18

0.24


Congestive heart failure

18

18

0.71


Diabetes

18

16

0.83


Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

27

10

0.12


Other

9

12

0.87


Use of propofol dose >83 μg/kg/min (%)

18

10

0.68


Duration of propofol (days)B

5 (3-7)

4 (3-7)

0.43


Number of PRIS clinical manifestationsC

5 (2-7)

1 (0-6)

0.0001


Duration of ICU stay (days)B

14 (10-18)

12 (7-20)

0.4


ICU mortality (%)

18

20

0.82


Hospital mortality (%)

18

21

0.88


APACHE = acute physiology and chronic health evaluation; ICU = intensive care unit; PRIS = propofol-relation infusion syndrome.

AMean ± standard deviation

BMedian (interquartile range)

CMedian (Range)

Roberts et al. Critical Care 2009 13:R169   doi:10.1186/cc8145

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