Research Article

High Dose Dexmedetomidine: Effective as a Sole Agent Sedation for Children Undergoing MRI

Table 3

Discharge times for patients with and without bradycardia according to dexmedetomidine dosing protocol.

BradycardiaMean (st. dev.)No bradycardiaMean (st. dev.) value

Dex A 97 96.23 (29.61)224 89.83 (22.89)0.0597
Dex B 31 90.35 (24.01) 70 94.04 (26.32)0.5065
Dex C 37113.90 (41.25) 78 85.63 (31.16)0.0005*
All Dex165 99.08 (32.57)372 89.74 (25.54)0.0012*

Values are means (standard deviations); values come from Student’s -test.
*Significant association at .