Effects of adding low-dose ketamine to etomidate on serum cortisol levels in critically ill cardiac patients: a randomized clinical trial

Table 4 The adverse events during the procedure

	Group E	Group KE	95%CI	P-value ^a,b
Sample size,n	30	30
Hypoxia, n (%)	5(16.66%)	2(6.66%)	0.03 to 0.20	0.228
Bradycardia, n (%)	5(16.66%)	2(6.66%)	0.03 to 0.20	0.228
Hypotension, n (%)	5(16.66%)	2(6.66%)	0.03 to 0.20	0.228
Nausea and Vomiting, n (%)	2(6.66%)	0(0.0%)	−0.01 to 0.08	0.150

Abbreviations: N number, Group E Etomidate group, Group KE Ketamine Etomidate group, CI Confidence Interval
^a P-value compares group E versus the group KE
^b Chi-square test used was used to analyze data

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