Intravenous Dexmedetomidine as an Adjunct to Neuraxial Anesthesia in Cesarean Delivery: A Retrospective Chart Review

Table 2

Incidence of general anesthesia conversion, hypotension, bradycardia, and O₂ desaturation with dexmedetomidine versus other IV adjuncts or nitrous oxide.

	Dexmedetomidine (n = 62)	Others (n = 45)	value
Incidence of hypotension	15 (24%)	11 (24%)	1.00
Duration of hypotension (minutes)	6 (3, 27)	3 (3, 6)	0.013
Incidence of bradycardia	9 (15%)	1 (2%)	0.042
Duration of bradycardia (minutes)	2 (1, 2.5)	1	0.35
Incidence of O2 desaturation	1 (2%)	0 (0%)	1.00
Duration of O2 desaturation (minutes)	2	n/a	n/a

Wilcoxon rank-sum test. Fisher’s exact test. The data are presented as n (%) and median (Q1, Q3).