Review Article

Dexmedetomidine Reduces Incidences of Ventricular Arrhythmias in Adult Patients: A Meta-Analysis

Table 2

Patient characteristics of included randomized controlled trials.

Author (publication year)AgeMale (%)Weight (kg)HTN (%)Prior MI (%)Duration of surgery (min)

Jalonen (1997)55.483.880.453.8182.5
Corbett (2005)62.782.088.7195.7
Shehabi (2009)71.375.385.136.9
Herr (2003)62.184.6
Ren (2013)58.032.580.0
Soltani (2017)59.940.872.968.41.3297.0

HTN, hypertension; MI, myocardial infarction.