Efficacy of different doses of dexmedetomidine as a rapid bolus for children: a double-blind, prospective, randomized study

Table 6 Comparison of complementary medicine, adverse events, and bradycardia [No. (%)]

Groups	Complementary Medicine	Adverse events	Bradycardia^a
Group D₁	3 (15%)	0	0
Group D₂	0	0	1 (5%)
Group D₃	1 (5%)	3 (15%)	3 (15%)
Group D₄	0	1 (5%)	2 (10%)
Group D₅	0	1 (5%)	2 (10%)

There were no statistically significant differences (P > 0.05) among the groups
^aBradycardia was defined as HR decrease of ≥30% during the 5-min observation period postdexmedetomidine bolus, compared to predexmedetomidine bolus baseline values

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