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Table 2 Comparison of anesthetic emergence quality and analgesic efficacy between groups

From: Effectiveness of perioperative low-dose esketamine infusion for postoperative pain management in pediatric urological surgery: a prospective clinical trial

Group

ES1 group(n = 20)

ES2 group(n = 18)

H1 group(n = 19)

H2 group(n = 19)

P value

Extubation time(min)

14.5[13.0-20.5]

16.0[11.8–18.5]

17.0[10.0–22.0]

20.0[11.0–26.0]

0.666

Awakening time(time)

11.5[8.0-14.5]

9.5[5.0-12.5]

9.0[5.0–16.0]

8.0[6.0–16.0]

0.629

Choking cough at extubation, n/total N(%)

2/20(10%)

3/18(17%)

2/19(11%)

2/19(11%)

0.897

Agitation at extubation(n),

n/total N(%)

9/20(45%)

4/18(22%)

2/19(11%)

2/19(11%)

0.041

Postoperative salvage analgesia, n/total N(%)

5/20(25%)

3/18(17%)

2/19(11%)

3/19(16%)

0.700

The time of first PCA(min)

70.0[60.0-100.0]

75.0[60.0-87.5]*

52.5[47.5–60.0]

60.0[50.0–70.0]

0.021

The total number of PCA compressions(times)

3.0[2.0-4.3]*

4.0[3.0–4.0]*

8.0[5.0–8.0]

5.0[4.0–6.0]

<0.001

The effective number of PCA compressions(times)

3.0[2.0-4.3]*

4.0[3.0–4.0]*

8.0[5.0–8.0]

5.0[4.0–6.0]

<0.001

  1. Data are presented as median (25th-75th percentile) or numbers(n/total). *P < 0.05 compared with H1 group. PCA: patient-controlled analgesia