Ain-Shams Journal of Anesthesiology

Table 8 Comparison between both groups according to serum lactate

From: Evaluation of the safety and efficacy of beta blockers in septic patients: a randomized control trial

	Group A: control (n = 30)	Group B: esmolol (n = 30)	t test	P value
Day 0	5.3 ± 1.35	5.2 ± 1.6	− 0.262	0.7945
Day 1	5.1 ± 0.9	5.0 ± 1.1	− 0.385	0.7014
Day 2	4.8 ± 0.8	4.7 ± 1.2	− 0.380	0.7055
Day 3	3.6 ± 0.78	3.4 ± 0.59	− 1.120	0.2673
Day 4	3.2 ± 0.37	3.1 ± 0.4	− 1.005	0.3190
Day 5	2.3 ± 0.34	2.2 ± 0.26	− 1.280	0.2058
Day 6	1.9 ± 0.46	1.7 ± 0.35	− 1.895	0.0631

Data presented as mean ± SD
P value > 0.05 NS; *P value < 0.05 S; **P value < 0.001 HS
There was no statistically significant difference between both groups according to serum lactate as shown in Table 8 and Fig. 6

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