Table 2. Operative Details of Patients Before, During, and After the Procedure in the Study Groups^a.

Variable	Etomidate, N = 25	Midazolam, N = 39	Propofol, N = 34	P Value
Before Surgery
Pulse rate	75.1 ± 15.2	76.7 ± 15.4	73.6 ± 10.1	0.917
Blood pressure
Systolic	154.6 ± 18.5	150.6 ± 22.9	157.7 ± 20.1	0.35
Diastolic	88.8 ± 8.9	84.6 ± 13.1	90.8 ± 10.6	0.63
Mean arterial blood pressure	109.8 ± 8.8	106.3 ± 14.2	112.8 ± 12	0.087
Arterial oxygen saturation	95.4 ± 2.4	94.6 ± 5.3	95.3 ± 2.5	0.659
During Surgery
Ramsay score				0.41
1	1 (4)	5 (12.8)	1 (2.9)
2	1 (4)	3 (7.7)	3 (8.8)
3	9 (36)	7 (17.9)	7 (20.6)
4	14 (56)	24 (61.5)	23 (67.6)
Pulse rate	71.1 ± 13.6	70.7 ± 10.4	69.9 ± 11.2	0.911
Blood pressure
Systolic	155.1 ± 22.0	136 ± 18.5	145.1 ± 19.7	0.001
Diastolic	91.1 ± 9.4	78.2 ± 11.7	84.8 ± 11.6	0.000
Mean arterial blood pressure	111.6 ± 12.2	97.2 ± 12.8	104.6 ± 13.3	0.000
Arterial oxygen saturation	97.2 ± 2.8	96.7 ± 5.7	97.2 ± 2.2	0.807
After Surgery and Recovery
Recovery time	12 (5 - 24)	20 (5 - 40)	5 (5 - 10)	0.04
Pulse rate	66.8 ± 13	68.5 ± 12.4	69.4 ± 11.7	0.713
Blood pressure
Systolic	143.4 ± 24.3	129 ± 20.8	140.1 ± 18.7	0.016
Diastolic	85.8 ± 14.1	74.1 ± 13.1	82.2 ± 11.7	0.001
Mean arterial blood pressure	105.8 ± 17.3	92.1 ± 14.7	101.2 ± 13	0.001
Arterial oxygen saturation	98 ± 1.4	95.4 ± 11.0	97.9 ± 3.5	0.245
Anesthetic complications
Dizziness	0 (0)	1 (2.6)	0 (0)	0.89
Restlessness	2 (8)	4 (10.26)	1 (2.9)	0.47
Vomiting	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0.48
Nausea	13 (52)	2 (5.2)	0 (0)	< 0.001
Hypoxemia	1 (4)	0 (0)	2 (5.8)	0.61
Bradycardia	8 (32)	10 (26)	7 (20.6)	0.33
Tachycardia	3 (12)	2 (3.2)	1 (2.9)	0.67
Hypotension	5 (20)	13 (33.3)	11 (32.35)	0.47
Sedation adverse event				0.96
Aspiration	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)
Laryngospasm	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)
Intubation	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)
Hospitalization	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)
Mortality	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)

^aValues are presented as mean ± SD or median (range) and No. (%).