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Table 4 Relation of use of beta-blocker with postoperative tachycardia, bradycardia, and hypertension in GPU patients

From: Anesthetic implications and role of preoperative beta blockade in esophageal substitution with stomach in pediatric surgical patients

Beta-blocker

Postoperative tachycardia

p value

Present

Absent

Administered (n = 21)

0 (0%)

21 (100%)

p < 0.001

Not administered (n = 7)

5 (71.4%)

2 (28.6%)

 

Postoperative bradycardia

 

Present

Absent

Administered (n = 21)

4 (19%)

17 (81%)

p = 0.212

Not administered (n = 7)

0 (0%)

7 (100%)

 

Postoperative hypertension

 

Present

Absent

Administered (n = 21)

0 (0%)

21 (100%)

p = 0.0015

Not administered (n = 7)

2 (28.6%)

5 (71.4%)