TABLE 3.

Total Daily Oral Morphine Equivalents

Time	Patients Administered Clonidine Taper (n = 15)	Patients Weaned Off Dexmedetomidine Alone (n = 27)	p
2 d prior to wean, median (IQR)	105 (60–321.8)	435 (37.5–1,022)	0.17
1 d prior to wean, median (IQR)	105 (30–427.5)	390 (45–1,002)	0.14
Wean day 1, median (IQR)	120 (18.75–445)	390 (48.7–726.5)	0.36
Wean day 2a, median (IQR)	71 (26.5–371)	309 (52.5–891)	0.15
1 d after dexmedetomidine off, median (IQR)	37.5 (15–132)	30 (0–561.5)	0.29
2 d after dexmedetomidine off, median (IQR)	45 (11.25–96.5)	22.5 (0–276)	0.4

IQR = interquartile range.

^aPatients who weaned off dexmedetomidine on day 1 were not included in wean day 2.