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Table 1 Patient characteristics

From: Sound level intensity severely disrupts sleep in ventilated ICU patients throughout a 24-h period: a preliminary 24-h study of sleep stages and associated sound levels

Characteristics

Value

Age, yrs

64.2 ± 13.6

BMI, kg m−2

29.2 ± 5.4

SAPSII score

74.3 ± 27.8

APACHE II score

30.1 ± 11.4

ICU LOS (days)

22.1 ± 18.5

MV duration (days)

15.2 ± 13.3

  1. Key: yrs, years; BMI, body mass index; SAPSII, new simplified acute physiology score; APACHE II score, acute physiological score chronic health evaluation; ICU LOS, ICU length of stay; MV duration, mechanical ventilator duration