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. 2024 Dec 14;17(12):e70107. doi: 10.1111/cts.70107

TABLE 2.

RASS and medications during the first 24 h on mechanical ventilation a .

Study period Medication profile Summary statistic
First 24 h Number of RASS measurements per participant, median [IQR] 12 [12, 12]
Time on sedatives/analgesics with a potentially relevant pharmacogene, hours median [IQR] 24 [22, 24]
Number of altered phenotypes per patient, median [IQR] 2 [1, 3]
Fentanyl weight normalized cumulative 24‐h dose, median [IQR] (mcg/h/kg) 6.81 [3.8, 12.3]
Propofol weight normalized cumulative 24‐h dose, median [IQR] (mcg/min/kg) 260 [162, 405]
Dexmedetomidine weight normalized cumulative 24‐h dose, median [IQR] (mcg/h/kg) 3 [1.15, 4.6]
Midazolam weight normalized cumulative 24‐h dose, median [IQR] (mg/kg) 0.198 [0.03, 0.34]
Fentanyl, n (%) Did not receive medication 11 (14.1)
Low weight normalized cumulative dose 33 (42.3)
High weight normalized cumulative dose 34 (43.6)
Propofol, n (%) Did not receive medication 11 (14.1)
Low weight normalized cumulative dose 33 (42.3)
High weight normalized cumulative dose 34 (43.6)
Dexmedetomidine, n (%) Did not receive medication 43 (55.1)
Low weight normalized cumulative dose 17 (21.8)
High weight normalized cumulative dose 18 (23.1)
Midazolam, n (%) Did not receive medication 60 (76.9)
Low weight normalized cumulative dose 9 (11.5)
High weight normalized cumulative dose 9 (11.5)

Abbreviations: IQR, interquartile range; RASS, Richmond Agitation‐sedation scale.

a

Low cumulative dose is below the median cumulative dose and high is above the median cumulative dose in the first 24 h.