Table 3.
Riker Sedation/Agitation Scale (SAS) scores at emergence from anesthesia, incidence of cough and response time to verbal stimuli.
|
Group K (n = 52) |
Group S (n = 50) |
p | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| n (%) | n (%) | |||
| Emergence SAS | Agitated | 8 (15.4%) | 12 (24.0%) | 0.273a |
| Calm/Sedated | 44 (84.6%) | 38 (76.0%) | ||
| Cough incidence | None | 41 (78.8%) | 26 (52.0%) | 0.036a |
| Present | 11 (21.2%) | 24 (48.0%) | ||
| Emergence time (min) | Mean (SD) | 11.79 (4.65) | 7.54 (3.21) | <0.001b |
| Response to verbal stimuli time (min) | Mean (SD) | 13.48 (4.90) | 9.22(3.45) | <0.001b |
Agitated, SAS score of 5/6/7; Calm/Sedated, SAS score of 1/2/3/4; Cough classification, (0) – none; (1 to 3) – present.
a
Pearson Chi-Square test.
b
t-test, p < 0.05 was considered statistically significant.