Table 1 . Demographics and Procedures .

	Ibuprofen (n = 93)	Opiod (n = 89)	P Value
Patient demographics
Age (range‏)	67‏ (37-84‏)	66‏ (29-87‏)	0.67
Gender (male/female‏)	69/24	73/16	0.27
BMI (mean, +/- SD‏)	27‏ +/- 4.1	27‏ +/- 4.6	NS
Risk factors
Hypertension	65	59	0.64
Hyperlipidaemia	65	66	0.63
Diabetes	20	16	0.58
COPD	9	9	1.00
Perifereal artery disease	8	5	0.57
Previous stroke	5	3	0.72
EF <30%	2	2	1.00
EF 30%-50%	29	28	1.00
EF >50%	62	58	0.87
Euroscore (mean +/- SD‏)	4.49‏ +/- 2.66	4.67‏ +/- 2.89	NS
Procedures
Cross-clamp time (minutes +/- SD‏)	68‏ (+/- 31‏)	60‏ (+/- 27‏)	0.18
Lowest core temperature (C° +/- SD‏)	35.5‏ (+/- 0.8‏)	35.5‏ (+/- 0.9‏)	0.91
Induced hypothermia, No	13	6	0.22
Bypass procedures	35	47	0.23
OPCAB	12	6	0.22
Valve procedures	28	20	0.31
Combo procedures	14	14	1.00
Other procedures	4	2	0.68

NS: Non-significant‏.