Effects of Dexmedetomidine-Fentanyl Infusion on Blood Pressure and Heart Rate during Cardiac Surgery in Children

Table 1

Demographic, congenital heart disease (CHD), cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB), and aortic cross clamp time, and preoperative incidence of cyanosis (C), heart failure (H), and pulmonary hypertension (P) data. Values represent individual values and mean (m) ± SD. ∗Statistical significance, P  <  .05.

	DEX						MDZ
Pt	Ag	We	CHD	C^∗	H	P	Ag	We	CHD	C	H	P
1	84	32	ASD			+	0.7	3.3	DORV, VSD	+	+	+
2	3	3.2	AVC, PDA		+	+	12	6.2	ASD, PDA		+	+
3	4	3.9	AVC		+	+	7	4.3	DORV, VSD
4	3	5.6	TOF	+			4	4	ASD, VSD			+
5	2	3.6	TAr	+	+	+	36	14	VSD
6	12	8.3	TOF	+			47	14	PVS
7	4	5.3	ASD, VSD		+	+	12	8	TOF	+
8	7	6.3	AVC,VSD		+	+	2	3.8	VSD		+
9	0.1	3.3	TGV				8	8.2	AVC		+	+
10	6	6.5	AVC	+	+		24	9.2	AVC, ASD, VSD		+	+
11	7	7.2	PVS	+	+		108	28	SVAoS		+
12	0.2	2.9	TGA, PDA	+			1.4	4.3	TGV, VSD	+	+	+
13	0.6	3.3	DORV,VSD	+	+		71	30	ASD
14	19	10	TOF	+			7	6	TOF	+	+
m±	10.9	7.2					24.3	12.2
SD	20.9	7.2					20.5	8.4
Gender; M : F			6 : 8						8 : 6
CPB; min			101.9 ± 41.5						117.6 ± 44.2
Aortic cross clamp; min			71.5 ± 39.7						76.1 ± 26.7

Pt: patients; Ag: age (months), We: weight (kg); ASD: atrial septal defect, AVC: atrioventricular canal defect, DORV: double-outlet of right ventricule, IAoA: interrupted aortic arch, PDA: patent ductus arteriosus, PVS: pulmonary valve stenosis, SVAoS: subvalvar aortic stenosis, TAr: truncus arteriosus, TGV: transposition of the great vessels, TOF: tetralogy of Fallot, and VSD: ventricular septal defect.