Table 3.
Frequency and cumulative dose for inhaled and intravenous anesthesia agents
| Patients receiving agent | Cumulative Exposure per Patient | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | Mean | SD | Median | Min | Max | ||
| Inhaled Agents | Sevoflurane | 92 | 91.09 | 1.83 | 1.27 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| Nitrus Oxide | 47 | 46.53 | 0.62 | 0.85 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 | |
| Isoflurane | 15 | 14.85 | 0.18 | 0.48 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 | |
| Desflurane | 5 | 4.95 | 0.05 | 0.22 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | |
| Halothane | 1 | 0.99 | 0.01 | 0.10 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | |
| Patients receiving agent | Cumulative Dose per Patient | |||||||
| Intravenous Agents | Propofol (mg/kg) | 101 | 100 | 6169.92 | 5345.35 | 4055.00 | 150.00 | 24846.00 |
| Fentanyl (mcg/kg) | 101 | 100 | 327.11 | 297.28 | 200.00 | 50.00 | 1465.00 | |
| Midazolam (mg/kg) | 61 | 60.4 | 5.87 | 11.37 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 70.00 | |
| Morphine (mg/kg) | 27 | 26.73 | 2.95 | 11.64 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 85.00 | |
| Pentobarbitol (mg/kg) | 18 | 17.82 | 53.32 | 141.56 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 910.00 | |
| Meperidine (mg/kg) | 13 | 12.87 | 13.58 | 48.16 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 380.00 | |
| Ketamine (mg/kg) | 9 | 8.91 | 30.55 | 130.87 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 769.61 | |
| Lorazepam (mg/kg) | 5 | 4.95 | 0.07 | 0.38 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 | |
| Hydromorphone (mg/kg) | 2 | 1.98 | 0.02 | 0.20 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 | |
| Clonidine (mg/kg) | 1 | 0.99 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.10 | |
| Dexmedetomidine (mg/kg) | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
N = 101. Abbreviations: SD = standard deviation; Min = minimum; Max = Maximum; mg = milligram; mcg = microgram; kg = kilogram