Table 1.

Average dosage per patient per day (in mg) of sedatives and analgesics per treatment group and costs per mg (2006 costs)

	Cost per mg (€)	Control group		Remifentanil group
		Before start weaning (mg)	During weaning (mg)	Before start weaning (mg)	During weaning (mg)
		Mean (SE)	Mean (SE)	Mean (SE)	Mean (SE)
Morphine	0.02	71.7 (17.8)	46.5 (24.6)	1.0 (0.4)	2.4 (0.9)
Midazolam	0.035	194.2 (36.2)	12.9 (4.7)	45.9 (22.2)	0.0 (0.0)
Fentanyl	0.35	0.8 (0.1)	0.3 (0.0)	0.0 (0.0)	0.0 (0.0)
Lorazepam	0.04	2.9 (0.7)	0.1 (0.1)	0.0 (0.0)	0.0 (0.0)
Sufenta Forte®	25	0.05 (0.0)	0.0 (0.0)	0.0 (0.0)	0.0 (0.0)
Propofol	0.02	1,057.4 (107.0)	381.8 (125.9)	1,627.6 (129.3)	662.2 (154.5)
Remifentanil	7.71	0 (0)	0 (0)	18.8 (0.7)	10.3 (1.2)

Mg, milligram; SE, standard error.