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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