Ain-Shams Journal of Anesthesiology

Table 3 Intraoperative drug consumption frequencies

From: Spinal anesthesia for lengthy lower limb orthopedic surgeries: dexmedetomidine plus fentanyl versus dexmedetomidine

	Group D	Group DF	P
Fluids administered (ml)	3094 ± 688	2979 ± 477	0.530
Urine output (ml)	677 ± 420	646 ± 290	0.180
Blood Loss (ml)	635 ± 332	536 ± 261	0.250
Blood transfusion (units)	1 (0–3)	0 (0–2)	0.217
Drug consumptions:
Midazolam n (%) (dose 1–5 mg)	4 (18%)	0 (0%)^*	0.001
Fentanyl n (%) (dose 25–100 μg)	4 (18%)	4 (18%)	0.971
Propofol n (%) (dose 30–150 mg)	5 (23%)	3 (13%)	0.432
General anesthesia n (%)	4 (18%)	2 (9%)	0.386
Atropine n (%) (dose 0.5–1.5 mg)	12 (52%)	10 (44%)	0.502
Ephedrine n (%) (dose 5–50 mg)	19 (82%)^*	16 (62%)	0.035

Data are in mean ± SD, median (range), or number (percent)
^*Significant difference, P ≤ 0.05

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