Isoflurane (n = 23) | Xenon (n = 23) | P-value | |
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Heart rate | |||
Pre-existent bradycardia (heart rate < 60 min− 1) during study treatment, n (%) | 3 (13) | 3 (13) | |
Heart rate, mean (SD), beats per minute | 65.2 (9.1) | 61.6 (13.2) | 0.116 |
Duration of heart rate decrease > 20% from baseline, median (IQR), minutes | 35.0 [2.5–77.5] | 70.0 [7.5–157.5] | 0.163 |
Proportion of the study treatment duration represented by the duration of a heart rate decrease > 20% from baseline, median (IQR), % | 14.6 [0.9–46.0] | 69.4 [5.7–88.9] | 0.129 |
Duration of a heart rate increase > 20% from baseline, median (IQR), minutes | 0 [0–7.5] | 0 [0–12.5] | 0.741 |
Proportion of the study treatment duration represented by the duration of a heart rate increase > 20% from baseline, median (IQR), % | 0 [0–4.9] | 0 [0–7.4] | 0.694 |
Duration of bradycardia (heart rate < 60 min−1), median (IQR), minutes | 60.0 [10.0–145.0] | 100.0 [47.5–155.0] | 0.301 |
Proportion of the study treatment duration represented by the duration of bradycardia (heart rate < 60 min−1), median (IQR), % | 32.1 [6.5–79.3] | 82.1 [35.4–94.9] | 0.086 |
Pre-existent tachycardia (heart rate > 100 min− 1), n (%) | 2 (9) | 1 (4) | |
Duration of tachycardia (heart rate > 100 min−1) during study treatment, median (IQR), minutes | 0 [0–0] | 0 [0–0] | 0.415 |
Proportion of the study treatment duration represented by the tachycardia (heart rate > 100 min− 1) duration, median (IQR), % | 0 [0–0] | 0 [0–0] | 0.415 |