Research Article
Continuous Incisional Lidocaine in Pediatric Patients following Open Heart Surgery
Table 5
Comparison between age groups.
| | years | | years | | | Control group () | IA group () | Control group () | IA group () |
| | Basal characteristics | | Age (months) | 8.50 (5-17) | 6 (4-9) | 0.081 | 60 (48-96) | 76 (53-120) | 0.159 | | Males, (%) | 26 (61.9%) | 13 (56.5%) | 0.678 | 22 (59.5%) | 46 (55.4%) | 0.683 | | RACHS1 score | 2 (2-2) | 2 (2-3) | 0,750 | 2 (1-3) | 3 (2-3) | 0.052 | | Extubation in OR, (%) | 22 (54.4%) | 16 (69.6%) | 0.184 | 20 (54.1%) | 73 (88%) | 0.001 | | Postoperative period | | COMFORT scale | 19 (17.7-21.6) | 22 (19.5-23.7) | 0.058 | 19.3 (18.2-20.3) | 21.8 (20-23.5) | 0.001 | | ANALGESIA scale | 1.5 (0.8-2.7) | 1.7 (1.2-2.2) | 0.983 | 1.75 (1-2.9) | 2 (1-2.7) | 0.971 | | Days of iv fentanyl | 2 (1-3) | 1 (1-2) | 0.021 | 2 (1-3) | 0 (0-1,5) | 0.001 | | Fentanyl dose (mcg/kg/h) | 1,5 (1-2) | 1.5 (0.87-2) | 0.398 | 1 (0.9-2) | 0.5 (0.5-1.25) | 0.254 | | Days of iv midazolam | 1 (0-2) | 0 (0-0,5) | 0.304 | 0 (0-0.12) | 0 (0-0) | 0.792 | | Midazolam dose (mcg/kg/min) | 2 (1-2) | 2 (1-2) | 0.319 | 3 (3-5) | 5 (3-8) | 0.040 | | Days of iv propofol | 0 (0-2) | 0 (0-1) | 0.291 | 0 (0-0) | 0 (0-0) | 0.014 | | Propofol dose (mg/kg/h) | 1.25 (1-2) | 1.75 (1-2) | 0.592 | 2.25 (1.25-2.87) | 1 (0.75-2) | 0.147 | | MV duration (hours) | 19 (7.5-24) | 19 (6-48) | 0.598 | 8 (4-17) | 24 (2-30) | 0.073 | | PICU LOS (days) | 4 (3-4) | 5 (3-6) | 0.039 | 2 (2-2) | 1 (1-2.5) | 0.040 |
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IA: incisional analgesia; Iv: intravenous; OR: operating room; RACHS1 score: Risk Adjustment for Congenital Heart Surgery; MV: mechanical ventilation; PICU LOS: Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Length of Stay.
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