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Table 1 Demographics and clinical characteristics

From: Dexmedetomidine for tracheal extubation in deeply anesthetized adult patients after otologic surgery: a comparison with remifentanil

Variable

Group SR

Group SD5

Group SD7

P value

(n = 25)

(n = 24)

(n = 25)

Sex (male/female)

15/10

13/12

14/11

0.32

Age (y)

42.3 ± 13.2

44.3 ± 14.3

40.0 ± 11.7

0.52

Weight (kg)

63.2 ± 10.0

61.4 ± 11.1

62.9 ± 11.0

0.82

Anesthesia duration (min)

109.0 ± 45.6

101.6 ± 31.0

109.5 ± 43.3

0.75

Dose of fentanyl (μg)

211.7 ± 40.3

216.5 ± 40.4

217.2 ± 42.0

0.84

  1. Data are expressed as mean ± standard deviation (One-way ANOVA test) or number of patients (Chi Square test)
  2. SR sevoflurane-remifentanil group, SD5 sevoflurane-dexmedetomidine group (0.5 μg/kg), SD7 sevoflurane-dexmedetomidine group (0.7 μg /kg)