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Table 4 Opioid consumption and time to the first request of an analgesic in the study population

From: Opioid sparing effect of intravenous dexmedetomidine in orthopaedic surgery: a retrospective analysis

Parameters

Dex (N = 71)

Mid (N = 51)

P-value

Total opioid consumption (μg)

1864.8 (± 31.59)

3529.8 (± 30.36)

0.075

Mean opioid consumption (μg/person)

26.26 (± 42.8)

69.21 (± 46.1)

< 0.0001

Time to the first request of analgesic (min)

523.7 (± 131.5)

564 (± 117.8)

0.084