Table 2.

Demographic and selected clinical data of the study groups

	Group D (n=30)	Group P (n=30)	P value
Age (yr)	49.16±4.47	47.10±8.02	0.337
Weight (kg)	73.00±4.74	70.36±5.89	0.062
Sex (M/F)	13/17	14/16	0.792
ASA class I/II/III (n)	14/12/ 4	13/11/ 6	0.1
Duration of surgery (min)	102.03±7.62	99 73±6.29	0.208
Time to achieve adequate sedation level	20.36±4.66	10.96±3.27 *	0.001
Time to achieve an Aldrete score of 10 (min)	40.53 ±6.51	37.60±6.42	0.084
Degree of patient’s satisfaction (a 7-point likert-like verbal rating scale)	6.46±0.62	5.56±1.04 *	0.023
Degree of surgeon’s satisfaction (a 7-point likert-like verbal rating scale)	5 76±0.97	5.35±1.33	0.081

Data are displayed as means±standard deviations.,

^*Statistically significant compared to group D.