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Table 2 Mean (SD) of block duration, intraoperative fentanyl consumption, time to first request of analgesia, intraoperative and postoperative vasodilator and time to extubation

From: Role of dexamethasone in the para-vertebral block for pediatric patients undergoing aortic coarctation repair. randomized, double-blinded controlled study

 

Control (n = 25)

Dexamethasone (n = 25)

P value

Block duration

28.52 ± 2.47

29.68 ± 2.44

0.11

Time to first request

3.9 ± (2.23)

8.6 ± (0.69)

< 0.001a

Intraoperative fentanyl consumption

62.5 ± (13.17)

60.18 ± (12.09)

0.5

Intraoperative vasodilator doses

1.05 ± (0.68)

1 ± (0.5)

0.78

postoperative vasodilator doses

0.75 ± (0.54)

0.72 ± (0.42)

0.84

Time to extubation

13 ± (4.23)

8.5 ± (3.34)

< 0.001a

  1. aStatistical significance between two groups