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Table 1 Participants’ demographic and clinical characteristics

From: The effects of tramadol on postoperative shivering after sevoflurane and remifentanil anesthesia

 

LT(+)

LT(−)

HT(+)

HT(−)

*Male/Total (n)

11/16

10/15

13/17

10/15

Age (yr)

64

[43, 75]

67

[50, 80]

61

[47, 81]

64

[37, 77]

Hight (cm)

161

[148, 173]

160

[140, 168]

167

[151, 174]

163

[142, 175]

Weight (kg)

59

[44, 84]

52

[45, 72]

60

[48, 84]

58

[40, 75]

Nasopharyngeal

Temperature(°C)

36.3

[35.5, 36.6]

36.1

[35.6, 36.7]

36.2

[35.2, 36.7]

36.2

[35.8, 36.9]

Duration of

anesthesia (min)

324

[228, 578]

331

[228, 508]

326

[197, 444]

301

[129, 655]

Duration of

surgery (min)

282

[170, 539]

291

[184, 451]

292

[151, 396]

256

[93, 612]

Bleeding (g)

335

[53, 2260]

518

[95, 1417]

360

[85, 2155]

290

[10, 2027]

Amount of Mg2+ during surgery (mEq)

1.55

[0.0, 3.0]

1.6

[0.7, 7.8]

1.2#

[0.2, 3.3]

3.9

[0.7, 7.9]

Amount of fentanyl during surgery (μg)

500

[400, 700]

400

[75, 600]

600#

[300, 700]

400

[50, 600]

The dose of fentanyl of iv-PCA (μg/h)

25

[20, 30]

25

[20, 30]

25

[20, 30]

25

[16, 30]

*Administration

Ratio of Flurbiprofen

15/16

10/15

15/17

9/15

*PONV

0/16

1/15

0/17

0/15

*The patients administrated Additional analgesics after surgery

2/16

3/15

6/17

5/15

*The case using iv-PCA

15/16

12/15

17/17#

7/15

*The case using epidural anesthesia

0/16

3/15

0/17#

7/15

Number

16

15

17

15

  1. Data are presented as median [minimum, maximum]. One-way analysis of variance with Dunn’s multiple comparison test or Fisher’s exact test (*) with Holm-sidak test was used to compare each group with every other. Fisher’s exact test (*) was used to compare
  2. Abbreviation: LT(+) low-dose remifentanil group treated with tramadol, LT(−) low-dose remifentanil not treated with tramadol, HT(+) high-dose remifentanil group treated with tramadol, HT(−) high-dose remifentanil group not treated with tramadol, n.s. not significant, PONV postoperative nausea and vomiting
  3. # p < 0.05 versus HT(−) group