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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Thorac Surg. 2011 Sep;92(3):964–972. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2011.04.099

Table 5.

Hemodynamic Data

Control (N=20) DEX (N=32) P- Value
HR, bpm
 POD # 0 144 ± 5 130 ± 4 0.03
 POD # 1 144 ± 5 132 ± 5 0.07
 POD # 2 136 ± 5 136 ± 4 0.89
SBP, mmHg
 POD # 0 87 ± 5 84 ± 4 0.61
 POD # 1 86 ± 4 81 ± 4 0.20
 POD # 2 96 ± 4 90 ± 4 0.22
Respiratory Rate, brpm
 POD # 0 49 ± 5 45 ± 3 0.16
 POD # 1 38 ± 4 33 ± 3 0.20
 POD # 2 43 ± 5 37 ± 4 0.17
Tachycardia, n (%) * 8 (40) 2 (6) 0.008
Bradycardia, n (%) * 1 (5) 1 (3) 0.69
Hypertension, n (%) * 11 (55) 13 (40) 0.46
Hypotension, n (%) * 2 (10) 9 (28) 0.22

HR: heart rate; SBP: systolic blood pressure

*

Episodes throughout the study period