Table I.

Comparison of systolic arterial pressure, diastolic arterial pressure, mean arterial pressure, heart rate, and arterial oxygen saturation between fentanil and remifentanil groups during pre-induction, post-induction, and post-intubation periods

Variable	Group F (n = 15)	Group R (n = 15)	P-value	Total (n = 30)
SAP1	181.1 ±34.5	187.3 ±37.8	0.643	184.2 ±35.7
SAP2	131.3 ±31.9	133.6 ±24.0	0.823	132.5 ±27.7
SAP3	149.6 ±40.8	155.0 ±41.7	0.726	152.3 ±40.6
DAP1	85.0 ±9.3	82.3 ±11.2	0.476	83.7 ±10.2
DAP2	66.1 ±11.0	65.3 ±14.3	0.866	65.7 ±12.6
DAP3	80.7 ±17.7	82.5 ±29.6	0.841	81.6 ±24.0
MAP1	120.1 ±22.4	119.4 ±17.9	0.922	119.7 ±19.9
MAP2	92.0 ±20.0	84.6 ±21.0	0.333	88.3 ±20.5
MAP3	109.4 ±25.1	107.4 ±36.0	0.861	108.4 ±30.5
HR1	85.1 ±11.5	87.1 ±12.9	0.658	86.1 ±12.0
HR2	73.2 ±11.4	66.8 ±9.6	0.111	70.0 ±10.8
HR3	81.0 ±18.2	78.6 ±15.1	0.690	79.8 ±16.5
SAT1	94.8 ±3.0	92.8 ±4.5	0.168	93.8 ±3.9
SAT2	96.2 ±5.1	98.2 ±2.3	0.193	97.2 ±4.0
SAT3	99.0 ±0.0	98.9 ±0.2	0.326	98.9 ±0.1

SAP – systolic arterial pressure (mm Hg), DAP – diastolic arterial pressure (mm Hg), MAP – mean arterial pressure (mm Hg), HR – heart rate (BPM), SAT – arterial oxygen saturation (%), 1 – pre-induction, 2 – post-induction, 3 – post-intubation, F – fentanil, R – remifentanil.