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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jul 8.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Crit Care. 2012 May;21(3):e53–e64. doi: 10.4037/ajcc2012301

Table 4.

Odds ratios (ORs) for comparisons of normal physiological and comfort responses across levels of sedation

Deep vs mild
Mild vs alert
Deep vs alert
Response OR 95% CI OR 95% CI OR 95% CI
Heart rate 1.619 1.586–1.653 1.175 1.145–1.203 1.902 1.851–1.954

Oxygen saturation 1.508 1.475–1.543 1.110 1.081–1.140 1.674 1.625–1.725

Respiratory rate 1.362 1.338–1.386 0.870 0.851–0.889 1.185 1.157–1.213

Actigraphy
  Arm 0.597 0.537–0.664 0.792 0.707–0.887 0.473 0.413–0.541
  Leg 0.459 0.402–0.524 0.858 0.769–0.957 0.394 0.341–0.454