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Table 1 Children’s demographic and experimental data and postoperative side effects data

From: Effect of caudal ketamine on minimum local anesthetic concentration of ropivacaine in children: a prospective randomized trial

Group

Group C

Group K0.25

Group K0. 5

Group K0.75

Group K1.0

P

Number of Patients (n)

32

31

34

34

38

/

Age (months)

22 (7)

20 (7)

21 (7)

19 (6)

20 (7)

0.653

Weight (kg)

11.6 (1.6)

11.3 (1.6)

11.8 (1.7)

11.4 (1.7)

11.3 (1.8)

0.737

Duration of surgery (min)

32 (9)

30 (7)

29 (5)

29 (6)

30 (8)

0.378

Recovery time (min)

31 (4)

31 (8)

31 (3)

30 (6)

30 (7)

0.850

Propofol dose (mg)

105 (27)

104 (26)

107 (30)

103 (28)

102 (28)

0.957

Type of surgery

 Inguinal hernia (n)

22

23

24

26

27

0.96

 Hydrocele (n)

10

8

10

8

11

 

PONV (n)

4

4

5

6

10

0.513

Agitation (n)

0

0

0

0

0

/

Urine retention (n)

1

0

0

0

0

0.366

Bradycardia (n)

1

1

2

1

3

0.822

Hypotension (n)

0

1

0

1

0

0.517

Respiratory depression (n)

0

0

0

0

0

/

  1. Values are mean (SD) or numbers, Data are mean ± SD or numbers of cases (n)