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Table 8

Dose of midazolam and Richmond Agitation-Sedation Scale between heavy alcohol user and nonheavy alcohol user at the time of insertion.

	Heavy alcohol use	Nonheavy alcohol use
	n = 30	n = 34
Dose of midazolam, mean ± SD, mg	3.48 ± 0.64	3.02 ± 0.70	0.009
Richmond Agitation-Sedation Scale			0.043
−1, (%)	2 (6.7)	2 (5.9)
−2, (%)	7 (23.3)	3 (8.8)
−3, (%)	12 (40.0)	7 (20.6)
−4, (%)	9 (30.0)	22 (64.7)