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Table 1 Patient characteristics, surgery type, and surgical duration

From: Effects of dexmedetomidine on smooth emergence from anaesthesia in elderly patients undergoing orthopaedic surgery

 

P value (all groups)

Group SN (n = 28)

Group SD (n = 27)

P value (group SN vs. SD)

Group TN (n = 30)

Group TD (n = 30)

P value (group TN vs. TD)

Age (yr)

0.587

72.3 (6.2)

72.6 (4.3)

0.066

73.5 (7.2)

74.5 (6.5)

0.884

Gender (M/F)

0.977

8/20

9/19

0.873

8/22

10/20

0.791

Height (cm)

0.547

156.3 (8.4)

158.8 (7.5)

0.888

156.9 (7.8)

158.5 (9.0)

0.301

Weight (kg)

0.895

58.3 (8.2)

58.0 (9.7)

0.368

56.7 (10.4)

58.4 (11.2)

0.844

ASA class (I/II)

0.115

8/20

4/23

0.217

11/19

13/17

0.598

Type of surgery

0.656

  

0.747

  

0.980

 Total hip replacement

 

4 (14.3)

2 (7.4)

 

4 (13.3)

4 (13.3)

 

 Total knee replacement

 

7 (25)

5 (18.5)

 

3 (10)

4 (13.3)

 

 Long bone fracture fixation

 

6 (21.4)

7 (25.9)

 

13 (43.3)

12 (40)

 

 Spinal surgery

 

11 (39.3)

14 (48.1)

 

10 (33.3)

10 (33.3)

 

Duration of surgery (min)

0.717

116.7 (29.7)

115.7 (29.6)

0.684

115.3 (39.1)

107.0 (34.6)

0.386

  1. Values are the mean (SD) or number (%). Group SN, inhalation anaesthesia using sevoflurane and normal saline administered as a control; Group SD, inhalation anaesthesia using sevoflurane and adjuvant dexmedetomidine; Group TN, TIVA using propofol and remifentanil and normal saline administered as a control; Group TD, TIVA using propofol and remifentanil, and adjuvant dexmedetomidine; TIVA total intravenous anaesthesia, SD standard deviation