Comparative study between intrathecal dexmedetomidine and intrathecal magnesium sulfate for the prevention of post-spinal anaesthesia shivering in uroscopic surgery; (RCT)

Table 1 Demographic data

	C Group (n = 35)	M Group (n = 35)	D Group (n = 35)	P	P1	P2	P3
Gender (No &%)
Male	28 (80.0)	26 (74.3)	29 (82.9)	0.669	0.569	0.759	0.382
Female	7 (20)	9 (25.7)	6 (17.1)	0.669	0.569	0.759	0.382
Age (years)	50.29 ± 8.87	49.03 ± 8.83	49.23 ± 10.51	0.836	0.579	0.640	0.930
Height (cm)	173.71 ± 5.60	174.29 ± 5.02	173.86 ± 5.83	0.903	0.644	0.914	0.745
Weight (kg)	83.43 ± 7.93	82.29 ± 9.34	82.71 ± 10.24	0.872	0.605	0.747	0.846
ASA classif1cation
I	17 (48.6)	17 (48.6)	15 (42.9)	0.858	0.858	0.631	0.631
II	18 (51.4)	18 (51.4)	20 (57.1)	0.858	0.858	0.631	0.631
Duration of surgery (min)	105.03 ± 11.59	103.17 ± 7.83	101.60 ± 9.01	0.331	0.420	0.138	0.495
Sensory Block onset (time to reach T10)	4.20 ± 0.63	6.69 ± 0.90	3.40 ± 0.50	< 0.001^*	< 0.001^*	< 0.001^*	< 0.001^*
motor block onset (time to reach bromage 4)	4.97 ± 0.71	8.03 ± 0.79	3.80 ± 0.76	< 0.001^*	< 0.001^*	< 0.001^*	< 0.001^*
Block level Median (IQR)	9 (8–10)	9 (8–10)	9 (8–10)	0.921	0.08	0.954	0.084
Motor block duration	157.00 ± 13.07	193.71 ± 17.63	206.57 ± 22.06	< 0.001^*	< 0.001^*	< 0.001^*	0.003*
Sensory block duration	198.14 ± 18.67	243.43 ± 23.22	301.57 ± 39.44	< 0.001^*	< 0.001^*	< 0.001^*	< 0.001^*
Intraoperative venous fluids	971.43 ± 161.01	997.14 ± 168.45	1002.86 ± 263.45	0.652	0.448	0.503	.0.914
No of patients had cystoscopy (41)	15	13	13
No of patients had uretroscopy (27)	8	10	9
No of patients had urethroscopy (20)	7	6	7
No of patients had TURP (17)	5	6	6

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