Research Article
High Dose Dexmedetomidine: Effective as a Sole Agent Sedation for Children Undergoing MRI
Table 4
ASA (American Society of Anesthesia) classification and sedation times according to dexmedetomidine groups.
| ASAa | Dex A | Dex B | Dex C |
| I | 133 (41.1) | 48 (46.6) | 54 (46.6) | I/II | 15 (4.6) | 4 (3.9) | 2 (1.7) | II | 151 (46.6) | 39 (37.9) | 47 (40.5) | II/III | 5 (1.5) | 4 (3.9) | 4 (3.5) | III | 19 (5.9) | 8 (7.8) | 9 (7.8) | IV | 1 (0.3) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | Procedure time (minutes)b | 40.31 (19.40) | 46.42 (22.14) | 57.04 (30.73) | MTD from end of test (minutes) | 91.76 (25.23) | 92.91 (25.57) | 94.72 (37.00) |
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American Society of Anesthesia’ classification.
bDex A procedure time significantly shorter than Dex B and Dex C.
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