Table 3. Recovery times (mean ± SD) and scores [median (range)]. See Table 1 for details of animals and drugs.

	Group K 2.2 (n = 18)	Group K 3 (n = 17)	p value
Time from induction to first head lift (min)	29.6 ± 7.8	29.4 ± 10.9	0.96
Number of attempts to achieve sternal recumbency	1 (1 - 4)	1 (1 – 3)	0.53
Time from induction to sternal (min)	30.4 ± 7.3	30.0 ± 10.6	0.89
Number of attempts to achieve standing	1 (1 – 5)	1 (1 – 2)	0.71
Time from induction to standing (min)	32.9 ± 6.8	31.3 ± 9.8	0.59
Time from end of surgery to sternal (min)	8.2 ± 2.0	8.7 ± 2.5	0.88
Time from end of surgery to standing (min)	10.7 ± 1.9	10.0 ± 2.3	0.84
Recovery score	1.5 (1 - 5)	1 (1 - 4)	0.73

Categorical data (scores) are reported as median (range). Normally distributed continuous data are reported as mean ± SD.