Clinical Study
Sedation and Analgesia in Intensive Care: A Comparison of Fentanyl and Remifentanil
Table 1
Demographic and clinical characteristics of the patients on admission to ICU.
| | Variables | R group () | F group () | value |
| | Age, yr | 50.63 Ā± 25.24 | 51.88 Ā± 20.77 | 0.985 | | Weight, kg | 65.94 Ā± 11.89 | 70.06 Ā± 15.12 | 0.539 | | Gender* | | | | | āM | 7 | 10 | | | āF | 9 | 6 | | | Clinic* | | | | | āBrain surgery | 13 | 12 | | | āInternal | 1 | 1 | | | āGeneral surgery | 1 | 0 | | | āUrology | 0 | 1 | | | āOrthopaedics | 1 | 2 | | | APACHE II score | 9.56 Ā± 3.83 | 11.94 Ā± 6.4 | 0.305 | | Pred. Mortality, % | 12.3 Ā± 7.73 | 17.18 Ā± 14.4 | 0.243 | | GCS | 11 Ā± 3.97 | 10.06 Ā± 4.74 | 0.669 | | MAP, mmHg | 96.25 Ā± 17.43 | 86.63 Ā± 19.18 | 0.254 | | Heart rate, beats/min | 93 Ā± 17.92 | 86.75 Ā± 25.17 | 0.305 | | Temperature, Ā°C | 36.5 Ā± 0.54 | 36 Ā± 0.47 | 0.080 | | sPO2, % | 99 Ā± 0.89 | 97.63 Ā± 4.88 | 0.696 | | PaO2, mmHg | 167.63 Ā± 57.38 | 199.3 Ā± 95.22 | 0.287 | | PaCO2 , mmHg | 36.78 Ā± 7.96 | 37,14 Ā± 11,36 | 0.867 | | PH | 7.37 Ā± 0.1 | 7.34 Ā± 0.12 | 0.381 | | CVP, mmHg | 7.13 Ā± 3.86 | 8.38 Ā± 6.45 | 0.780 | | ALT, U/L | 68.38 Ā± 65.93 | 37.31 Ā± 28.85 | 0.067 | | AST, U/L | 135.93 Ā± 316.02 | 38.5 Ā± 22.06 | 0.305 | | BUN,āmg/dL | 42.75 Ā± 29.52 | 61.81 Ā± 79.38 | 0.985 | | SrCr,āmg/dL | 0.8 Ā± 0.3 | 1.35 Ā± 0.63 | 0.361 |
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*Because the figures involved in these categories were small, statistical analysis was not deemed necessary.
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