Comparison of Intranasal Dexmedetomidine and Oral Midazolam for Premedication in Pediatric Dental Patients under General Anesthesia: A Randomised Clinical Trial

Table 2

Comparison of the groups in terms of preoperative cooperation and postoperative agitation in two groups (n = 30).

	MID group	DEX group	X^2/ value
	n (%)	n (/%)
Mask acceptance			0.00/1.00
Satisfactory	28 (93.33%)	28 (93.33%)
Unsatisfactory	2 (6.67%)	2 (6.67%)
Successful parental separation			0.08/0.95
Yes	28 (93.33%)	29 (96.67%)
No	2 (6.67%)	1 (3.33%)
Emergence delirium			4.95/0.01
Present	6 (20.00%)	0 (0%)
Absent	24 (80.00%)	30 (100%)

Note: values in number (%). Significant differences between groups at the 0.05 level. Abbreviations: DEX: dexmedetomidine; MID: midazolam.