Table 5.
Sedation post surgery
| Variablea | Placebo (n=11) |
Active (n=10) |
P-valueb |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sedation hour 0 | 0.009 | ||
| Awake and alert | 0 (0%) | 1 (10%) | |
| Awakens easily | 3 (27%) | 7 (70%) | |
| Asleep | 8 (73%) | 1 (10%) | |
| Deep sleep | 0 (0%) | 1 (10%) | |
| Sedation hour 2 | 0.67 | ||
| Awake and alert | 0 (0%) | 1 (10%) | |
| Awakens easily | 9 (82%) | 7 (70%) | |
| Asleep | 2 (18%) | 1 (10%) | |
| Deep sleep | 0 (0%) | 1 (10%) | |
| Sedation hour 6 | 1.00 | ||
| Awake and alert | 4 (36%) | 4 (40%) | |
| Awakens easily | 7 (64%) | 6 (60%) | |
| Asleep | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | |
| Deep sleep | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | |
| Sedation hour 12 | 0.67 | ||
| Awake and alert | 5 (45%) | 6 (60%) | |
| Awakens easily | 6 (55%) | 4 (40%) | |
| Asleep | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | |
| Deep sleep | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | |
| Sedation hour 24 | 0.58 | ||
| Awake and alert | 10 (91%) | 8 (80%) | |
| Awakens easily | 1 (9%) | 2 (20%) | |
| Asleep | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | |
| Deep sleep | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
Notes:
a
Categorical variables are reported as n (%)
b
P-value given based on Fisher’s exact test.