Figure 1.
Effects of dexmedetomidine (DEX) on heart rate (HR) and diastolic (dBP) and systolic blood pressure (sBP) during cardiac surgery with CPB in children. M: after midazolan (MDZ) 0.2 mg·kg−1, 1H: after one hour of infusion of DEX (1 μg·kg−1) or MDZ (0.2 mg·kg−1) associated with fentanyl (10 μg·kg−1), BS: before skin incision, AS: after skin incision, E: after sternotomy, E10: 10 minutes after sternotomy. The box represents the number of patients that required isoflurane after skin incision. Data represent mean ± SD. *Significantly different from *M, from **BS, and ***between groups.