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Table 2 Heart rate changes in the two study groups

From: The value of local dexmedetomidine as an adjuvant to ultrasound-guided wide awake local anesthesia no tourniquet (WALANT) in flexor tendon repair surgeries: a randomized controlled trial

Heart rate (beat/min)

Group D (n = 64)

Group C (n = 64)

95% CI

P

Basal

76.36 ± 9.597

73.36 ± 8.456

-0.16, 6.16

0.063

10 min

80.28 ± 10.332

78.11 ± 9.600

-1.32, 5.66

0.220

20 min

81.11 ± 11.322

79.16 ± 10.910

-1.94, 5.84

0.322

30 min

79.45 ± 9.827

79.41 ± 10.593

-3.53, 3.62

0.979

45 min

78.52 ± 8.972

78.34 ± 10.993

-4.08, 4.44

0.932

60 min

77.36 ± 10.135

80.47 ± 12.470

-9.61, 3.41

0.343

  1. Data are presented as mean ± standard deviation
  2. Group D Patients injected with dexmedetomidine plus lidocaine/ epinephrine, group C Patients injected only with lidocaine/ epinephrine