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Table 3 Time of sedation onset, rate of satisfactory separation from parents, rate of successful intravenous cannulation, time of LMA removal, and time of resumption of mental orientation. Values are presented as mean (standard deviation) or number (proportion)

From: Pediatric premedication: a double-blind randomized trial of dexmedetomidine or ketamine alone versus a combination of dexmedetomidine and ketamine

 

Group D

Group DK

Group K

P Value

F Value

Effect Size

2)

n = 42

n = 41

n = 41

Sedation onset (min)

20.62 (7.56)*

17.88 (6.61)*

25.20 (6.44)

<0.001

11.80

0.163

Satisfactory separation (%)

80.95

92.68

95.12

0.078

NA

NA

Successful intravenous cannulation (%)

47.62#

80.49

68.29

0.006

NA

NA

Removal of LMA (min)

15.60 (12.23)

12.02 (2.88)

14.63 (5.48)

0.111

2.24

0.035

Resumption of mental orientation (min)

73.83 (25.20)* #

90.29 (21.84)*

52.85 (16.89)

<0.001

30.91

0.338

  1. LMA laryngeal mask airway, NA not applicable
  2. * P < 0.01, compared with group K; # P < 0.01, compared with group DK