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Table 2 Comparison of postoperative sedation score at various time points

From: The effect of intraoperative lidocaine versus esmolol infusion on postoperative analgesia in laparoscopic cholecystectomy: a randomized clinical trial

Time point

Lidocaine group

(n = 43)

Esmolol group

(n = 43)

P value

At PACU

 0 min

5/5/33/0/0/0

4/17/22/0/0/0

0.03

 15 min

3/21/19/0/0/0

6/29/8/0/0/0

0.01

 30 min

1/32/10/0/0/0

4/36/3/0/0/0

0.01

 1 h

1/34/8/0/0/0

1/41/1/0/0/0

0.02

At Surgical unit

 2 h

1/39/3/0/0/0

0/41/2/0/0/0

0.98

 6 h

0/41/2/0/0/0

1/40/2/0/0/0

0.66

 12 h

0/43/0/0/0/0

0/42/1/0/0/0

0.32

 24 h

0/43/0/0/0/0

0/43/0/0/0/0

1

  1. Values are in number of patients with Ramsay sedation scale scores 1/2/3/4/5/6 (1 = patient anxious and restless, 2 = cooperative and awake, 3 = responding to verbal commands, 4 = responding to mild stimulus, 5 = responding to deep stimulus, 6 = no response)