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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Aug 11.
Published in final edited form as: Fetal Diagn Ther. 2020 Sep 10;47(11):810–816. doi: 10.1159/000509384

Table 2.

Intraoperative Data of Patients Receiving Des vs. Des/Remi

Des Des/Remi p value
Intraoperative Variables
Duration of anesthesia (hours) 3.28 ± 0.22 3.00 ± 0.37 0.049
Duration of surgery (hours) 2.69 ± 0.26 2.30 ± 0.31 0.005
Maximum maternal heart rate (beats/min) 122 [116–138] 122 [112–129] 0.49
Minimum maternal heart rate (beats/min) 62 [58–72] 52 [50–54] 0.005
Maximum maternal MAP 109 [103–118] 103 [100–119] 0.17
Minimum maternal MAP 67 [63–69] 63 [58–65] 0.075
Case-average end-tidal desflurane 11.0 ± 1.2% 6.7 ± 2.1% <0.001
Maximum end-tidal desflurane 13.1 ± 1.2% 7.9 ± 2.2% <0.001
Total MAC-hour desflurane exposure ** 4.5 ± 0.7 2.4 ± 1.0 <0.001
Case-average phenylephrine rate (mcg/min) 53 ± 10 36 ± 14 0.004
Total fentanyl dose prior to uterine closure (mcg) 0 [0–0] 250 [250–250] <0.001
Case-average remifentanil dose (mcg/kg/min) # 0 [0–0] 0.3 [0.2–0.4] <0.001
Total glycopyrrolate dose (mg) 0.4 [0–0.6] 0.6 [0.4–0.8] 0.025
Estimated blood loss (mL) 300 [100–300] 100 [50–150] 0.022
Colloid volume (L) 0.5 [0.5–1.0] 0.5 [0–1.0] 0.60
Crystalloid volume (L) 1.3 ± 0.5 1.0 ± 0.6 0.26
Reversal of umbilical artery end diastolic flow 3 (27%) 2 (18%) >0.99*
Incidence of fetal bradycardia 0 0 >0.99

Data are displayed as mean ±SD, median [interquartile range] or number (percent).

*

Categorical variables were compared with Fishers’ Exact Test due to small sample size

**

Exposure time from procedure start to procedure end