Ain-Shams Journal of Anesthesiology

Table 3 Neonatal outcomes and maternal complications in the study groups

From: Effect of the use of dexmedetomidine as a local anesthetic adjuvant to bupivacaine 0.125% in epidural labor analgesia: randomized controlled study

		Control group (n = 30)	Dexmedetomidine group (n = 30)	P value
Neonatal outcomes	Apgar 1 min	8.10 ± 0.92	8.17 ± 0.91	0.779
	Apgar 5 min	9.37 ± 0.67	9.43 ± 0.63	0.692
	Fetal weight (kg)	3.19 ± 0.24	3.22 ± 0.27	0.611
Maternal complications	Bradycardia	5 (16.7%)	10 (33.3%)	0.136
	Hypotension	8 (26.7%)	12 (40%)	0.273
	Respiratory depression	0	0	-

Data presented as mean ± standard deviation or patient number (percentage)
*P value < 0.05 (significant variable)

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