The Effectiveness of Preemptive Thoracic Epidural Analgesia in Thoracic Surgery

Table 2

Mean arterial pressure (MAP; mmHg), heart rate (HR; beat/min), and respiratory rate (RR; count/min).

	Group C			Group P
	MAP	HR	RR	MAP	HR	RR
Postoperative 1st hour	67.35±12.30	87.40±19.30	21.05±3.72^∗	66.45±11.20	83.30±11.31	18.25±3.64
Postoperative 2nd hour	66.25±11.30	86.45±16.40	20.45±3.41^∗	64.20±12.90	79.90±12.36	18.35±2.83
Postoperative 4th hour	66.12±13.90	84.00±13.60	19.35±3.76	66.12±13.90	82.10±12.50	17.90±3.09
Postoperative 6th hour	68.15±12.86	83.05±11.82	18.65±2.51	66.15±14.55	84.20±12.06	18.25±3.12
Postoperative 12th hour	66.55±14.11	83.65±11.01	18.50±2.70	66.65±12.00	82.50±13.08	18.05±2.58
Postoperative 24th hour	67.10±12.99	84.00±13.39	18.80±2.16	65.60±12.00	82.05±8.06	19.00±2.92

^∗𝑃<0.05 when RR at 1st and 2nd postoperative hours in Group C was compared with those in Group P.