Table 3.

Atropine and ephedrine usage in two groups of patients

	Group A (n=70), n (%)	Group B (n=70), n (%)	Total (n=140), n (%)	P
Doses of atropine (number of bolus)
0	70 (100)	66 (94.3)	136 (97.1)	0.120
1	0	4 (5.7)	4 (2.9)
Doses of ephedrine (number of bolus)
0	51 (72.9)	37 (52.9)	88 (62.9)	0.029*
1	17 (24.3)	23 (32.9)	40 (28.6)
2	1 (1.4)	7 (10)	8 (5.7)
3	1 (1.4)	3 (4.3)	4 (2.9)
Total patients requiring ephedrine	19 (27.1)	33 (47.1)

Chi-square test/Fisher’s exact test. *P value <0.05 is significant