Table 3.

Hemodynamic changes represented by the percent change from baseline at 1 min and 5 min for the two different concentrations of dexmedetomidine administered.

	1 min		5 min
	0.25 mcg/kg	0.5 mcg/kg	0.25 mcg/kg	0.5 mcg/kg
SBP (%)	19 ± 13	29 ± 9	−4 ± 9	−2 ± 12
DBP (%)	32 ± 24	51 ± 28	−3 ± 9	0 ± 16
HR (%)	−12 ± 4	−12 ± 7	−6 ± 7	−17 ± 7
sPAP (%)	14 ± 15	17 ± 13	−3 ± 7	−1 ± 11
dPAP (%)	14 ± 11	10 ± 7	−10 ± 12	−4 ± 15
wPAP (%)	22 ± 19	19 ± 12	−2 ± 10	2 ± 16
CVP (%)	1 ± 14	18 ± 18	0 ± 18	13 ± 19
CO (%)	−8 ± 12	−11 ± 19	−3 ± 9	−3 ± 14
SVR (%)	42 ± 26	69 ± 46	0 ± 14	0 ± 14
PVR (%)	9 ± 24	41 ± 61	−4 ± 25	−4 ± 44

SBP = systolic blood pressure

DBP = diastolic blood pressure

HR = heart rate

sPAP = systolic pulmonary artery pressure

dPAP diastolic pulmonary artery pressure

CVP = central venous pressure

CO = cardiac output

SVR = systemic vascular resistance

PVR = pulmonary vascular resistance