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Ain-Shams Journal of Anesthesiology

Table 5 The SpO2 and respiratory rate

From: Intraoperative lidocaine infusion as a sole analgesic agent versus morphine in laparoscopic gastric bypass surgery

 

Groups

P value

M

(N = 30)

L

(N = 30)

SpO2 before induction (%)

97.7 ± 1.4

97.7 ± 1.4

0.928

SpO2 in the PACU (%)

98.6 ± 1.6

98.9 ± 0.8

0.287

RR before induction (bpm)

12.1 ± 0.6

11.8 ± 0.7

0.098

RR in the PACU (bpm)

11.4 ± 0.6

11.4 ± 0.6

0.838

  1. Data are presented as mean ± SD. P value ˂ 0.05 is statistically significant
  2. M morphine group, L lidocaine group, PACU post-anesthesia care unit, bpm breath per minute
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