Continuous intravenous infusion of remifentanil improves the experience of parturient undergoing repeated cesarean section under epidural anesthesia, a prospective, randomized study

Table 2 Information regarding intraoperative anesthetic drugs and oxytocin usage

	Group R (n = 39)	Group E (n = 38)	P value
Anesthesia level, segment
Before surgery	17.1 ± 0.4	17.2 ± 0.5	0.572
At the end of the surgery	15.9 ± 0.4	16.1 ± 0.5	0.161
Ropivacaine dosage, ml	16.8 ± 0.4^*	18.0 ± 1.4	< 0.001
Remifentanil dosage, μg	169.2 ± 14.2	0	< 0.001
Ketamine, n	1	4	0.340
Repeat oxytocin administration, n	6	7	0.959
Blood loss during surgery, ml	308 ± 62	311 ± 109	0.888

Data are expressed as mean ± standard deviation or n
^*Statistically significant difference between groups according to independent-sample Student’s t-tests

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