Table 4.

Comparison Between Baseline MAP and HR and the Average of Three Moments During Surgery, With Blockade Performed at the Onset Versus at the End of Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy

At the onset (n = 40)							At the end (n = 40)						Comparing moments
MAP baseline	Moments		Mean			Difference	MAP baseline		Moments		Mean	Difference	P-value
89.35 (11.7)	Division omentum		81.2				87.1 (12.8)		Division omentum		83.6
	First staple		80.7						First staple		84.4
	Last staple		81.05						Last staple		90.6
	Average of the periods		81.25 (12.5)			8.1 (14.0)			Average of the periods		86.6 (12.7)	0.5 (16.5)	.0290
At the onset (n = 40)								At the end (n = 40)					Comparing moments
HR baseline		Moments		Mean	Difference			HR baseline		Moments	Mean	Difference	P-value
80.78 (13.9)		Division omentum		78.3				78.07		Division omentum	80.65
		First staple		78.2						First staple	82.7
		Last staple		77.1						Last staple	84.8
		Average of the periods		77.9 (11.6)	2.85 (13.0)					Average of the periods	82.8 (12.7)	4.7 (10.9)	.0062

Abbreviations: HR, heart rate; MAP, mean arterial pressure.