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) | Age | Male (%) | Weight (kg) | HTN (%) | Prior MI (%) | Duration of surgery (min) |
| Jalonen (1997) | 55.4 | 83.8 | 80.4 | — | 53.8 | 182.5 | Corbett (2005) | 62.7 | 82.0 | 88.7 | — | — | 195.7 | Shehabi (2009) | 71.3 | 75.3 | — | 85.1 | 36.9 | — | Herr (2003) | 62.1 | — | 84.6 | — | — | — | Ren (2013) | 58.0 | 32.5 | — | 80.0 | — | — | Soltani (2017) | 59.9 | 40.8 | 72.9 | 68.4 | 1.3 | 297.0 |
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HTN, hypertension; MI, myocardial infarction.
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