TABLE 3.

Important secondary outcomes of this meta-analysis.

Author	Duration of mechanical ventilation		Length of ICU stay		Length of hospital stay		All-cause death
	Placebo	Dexmedetomidine	Placebo	Dexmedetomidine	Placebo	Dexmedetomidine	Placebo	Dexmedetomidine
Jo et al. (18)	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Kim et al. (19)	780 (436–1,510) min	736 (420–1,492) min	27 (22–47) h	27 (20–70) h	8 (7–11) d	9 (7–12) d	NA	NA
Kwiatkowski et al. (20)	1 (0–4) d	1 (0–3) d	6 (3–11) d	5 (3–9) d	NA	NA	4 (4%)	5 (5%)
Ming et al. (21)	167.17 ± 32.86 min	0.2 μ g/kg/h: 150.20 ± 24.70 min 0.4 μ g/kg/h: 152.30 ± 31.33 min	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Xie et al. (22)	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA

NA, not applicable; ICU, intensive care unit.