Effect of caudal dexmedetomidine versus ketamine in prevention of emergence delirium in pediatric patients undergoing congenital inguinal hernia repair under sevoflurane anesthesia

Ain-Shams Journal of Anesthesiology

Table 4 Four-point sedation scores recordings in the study groups (data are presented as median and interquartile range)

	Group B (n = 28)	Group BK (n = 28)	Group BD (n = 28)	Group BK vs. group B	Group BD vs. group B	Group BD vs. group BK
on PACU admission	1 (0.5–1)	2 (2–2) ^†	2 (2–2) ^‡	< 0.001	< 0.001	0.170
After 10 min	1 (0–1)	2 (1–2) ^†	2 (2–2)^{‡ #}	< 0.001	< 0.001	0.022
After 20 min	0 (0–0.5)	1 (1–1) ^†	2 (2–2)^{‡ #}	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001
After 30 min	0 (0–0)	1 (0.5–1) ^†	2 (2–2)^{‡ #}	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001
After 45 min	0 (0–0)	0 (0–1)	2 (2–2)^{‡ #}	0.109	< 0.001	< 0.001
After 60 min	0 (0–0.5)	0 (0–1)	1 (1–2)^{‡ #}	0.362	< 0.001	< 0.001
After 90 min	0 (0–0)	0 (0–0)	1 (1–1)^{‡ #}	0.825	< 0.001	< 0.001
After 2 h	0 (0–1)	0 (0–0)	1 (0–1)^{‡ #}	0.496	< 0.001	< 0.001