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Table 2 Mean heart rate of the study participants

From: Effect of tracheal tube cuff inflation with alkalinized lidocaine versus air on hemodynamic responses during extubation and post-operative airway morbidities in children: prospective observational cohort study, Ethiopia

Heart rate (Bpm)

Air group

(Mean ± SD)

Lidocaine group

(Mean ± SD)

*P-value

5 min before extubation

115 ± 7

110 ± 9

0.036*a

5 min after extubation

122 ± 9

107 ± 6

< 0.001*a

  1. *a P-value was obtained from an independent t-test