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96 PART THREE | DELIRIUM Table 3. Patient characteristics. Total n=1733 % Total first admittance n=574 % Age Mean (SD) 57.2 (14.2) 60.0 (13.1) Sex M : F 1076:657 62:38 345:229 60:40 Tumour type Gastro-intestinal 645 37 196 34 Genito-urethral 369 21 129 22 Skin 50 3 34 6 Lung 2 0 2 0 Head & Neck 369 21 108 19 Brain 8 1 6 1 Sarcoma 120 7 20 4 Breast 97 6 53 9 Other 73 4 26 5 ECOG performance status 0 223 13 96 17 1 964 56 262 46 2 385 22 146 25 3 132 8 56 10 4 29 2 14 2 Length of stay Days (Median (IQR)) 3 (2-6) 4 (2-7) Outcome Alive 1692 98 549 96 Deceased 41 2 25 4 Treatment intention Curative 626 36 174 30 Palliative 1107 64 400 70 Indication for admittance Scheduled admittance 1003 58 270 47 Chemotherapy 885 51 209 36 Diagnostic procedures 68 4 40 7 Intervention 50 3 21 4 Unscheduled admittance 730 42 304 53 Clinical symptoms 535 31 251 44 Complication 195 11 53 9 Delirium Type Hyperactive Hypo-active Mixed Unknown2 1P-values of the comparison between the patients with delirium and the patients without delirium 2Delirium type could not be determined from the information in the patient chart

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