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Table 2 Neuromuscular blockade recovery after neostigmine administration

From: Comparison of neuromuscular blockade recovery co-administered with neostigmine and different doses of calcium gluconate: a randomized control trial

Group

Control group

Calcium 5 group

Calcium 10 group

P

n

26

26

26

Incidence of PORC after neostigmine administration

 5 min

12

4

4

0.014

 10 min

4

4

1

0.374

 20 min

0

0

0

 

TOFr after neostigmine administration

 5 min

0.87 (0.82 to 0.93)

0.92 (0.90 to 0.93)

0.93 (0.90 to 0.96)

0.098

 10 min

0.93 (0.93 to 0.97)

0.94 (0.92 to 0.96)

0.96 (0.92 to 0.99)

0.421

 20 min

1.00 (0.99 to 1.00)

1.00 (0.98 to 1.00)

1.00 (0.99 to 1.00)

0.477

Time from neostigmine administration to

 Extubation (min)

8.6 (6.0 to 10.1)

7.9 (6.6 to 8.1)

8.2 (7.0 to 8.6)

0.885

 End of anesthesia (min)

9.6 (8.0 to 11.5)

8.8 (7.4 to 12.0)

9.0 (8.7 to 9.5)

0.483

  1. Data are presented as median (Q1 to Q3) or number of patients. PORC Postoperative residual curarization, TOFr Train-of-four ratio; calcium 5 group, 5 mg/kg calcium gluconate group; calcium 10 group, 10 mg/kg calcium gluconate group. P < 0.017 as statistical significance