Research Article
Painful Recall in Elective Electrical Cardioversion with Propofol and the Need for Additional Analgesia
Table 1
Patient Characteristics of the study subjects and doses of propofol and analgesic agents.
| Age (years), median (range) | 68 (30–93) | Weight (kg), mean (±SD) | 86.5 ± 17.7 | Length (cm), mean (±SD) | 177.9 ± 9.9 | Lean body mass (kg), mean (±SD) | 61.6 ± 12.4 | Gender (male/female) % | 148/78 (65.5/34.5) | Total dose of propofol (mg), mean (±SD) | 90.8 ± 37.6 | Dose of propofol/weight (mg/kg), mean (±SD) | 1.1 ± 0.3 | Dose of propofol/lean body weight (mg/kg), mean (±SD) | 1.5 ± 0.7 | Number of patients given lidocaine (n, %) | 62 (27.4) |
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