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Table 2 Duration of anesthesia and perioperative adverse events

From: Efficacy of intranasal dexmedetomidine-esketamine sedation for pediatric acceptance of facemask: single-center, double-blind, randomized, controlled trial

 

DEX

(n = 45)

DEX-esketamine

(n = 45)

p value

Time to extubation, min

18 (17, 23)

18 (16, 22)

0.915

LOS in PACU, min

52 (49, 56)

51 (48, 56)

0.898

PAED, n (%)

13 (28.9)

17 (37.8)

0.371

  1. All data are shown as median (95% CI) or number (%). A p-value < 0.05 was considered statistically significant. Abbreviations: LOS, length of stay; PACU, post-anesthesia care unit; PAED, pediatric anesthesia emergence delirium