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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Pain. 2017 Jan;158(1):103–109. doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000000734

Table 1.

Characteristics of Patients and Biopsies. Numbers expressed as mean with standard error of the mean or as number with percentages.

Treatment
Group
Sham
Group
ρ value

Total Patient Encounters: n=33, (47.8%) n=36, (52.2%)
Patient Characteristics:
 Mean age, years 16.1 (0.6) 14.9 (0.8) 0.224
 Female n=17, (47.2%) n=14, (42.4%) 0.810
 Mean Weight, kg 63.5 (4.1) 57.3 (3.4) 0.250
 Mean Number of Prior Biopsies 1.67 (0.32) 1.81 (0.34) 0.768
 Mean Baseline-Pain Score 0.2 (0.1) 0.9 (0.3) 0.046*
 Mean Baseline-Anxiety Score 2.5 (0.5) 2.6 (0.4) 0.846
Biopsy Characteristics:
 Transplant Biopsy n=22, (66.7% n=26, (72.2%) 0.794
 Parent in Room n=19, (57.6%) n=21, (58.3%) 1.000
 Child Life in Room n=24, (42.9%) n=32, (57.1%) 0.203
 Mean Number of Biopsy Passes 2.4 (0.1) 2.2 (0.1) 0.285
 Mean Fentanyl Given, mg/kg 0.95 (0.1) 0.91 (0.08) 0.788
 Mean Midazolam Given, mg/kg 0.03 (0.01) 0.03 (0.01) 0.468
 Mean Ketamine Given, mg/kg 1.33 (0.19) 1.34 (0.08) 0.985
 Acetaminophen Used Post Biopsy n=4, (12.1%) n=4, (11.4%) 1.000
*

Statistical difference between TG and CG.