Dexmededomidine in pediatric unilateral internal inguinal ring ligation

Table 1 Comparison of baseline data among the three groups

Variable	D group (n = 125)	DS group (n = 126)	S group (n = 126)	P
Sex (male), n (%)	119 (95.2)	117 (92.9)	118 (93.7)	0.85
Age (yr)	12.62 ± 1.88	13.07 ± 2.24	12.60 ± 1.78	0.26
Body weight (kg)	83.9 ± 2.02	84.1 ± 1.96	84.1 ± 1.99	0.83
Blood pressure (mmHg)	49.3 ± 3.64	49.3 ± 3.39	49.3 ± 3.44	0.98
Respiration (times/min)	24.5 ± 2.01	24.1 ± 1.97	24.6 ± 1.87	0.21
Heart rate (beats/min)	113.2 ± 5.03	112.4 ± 5.16	113.2 ± 4.79	0.37
FLACC score (points)	5.0 ± 0.48	5.0 ± 0.52	4.9 ± 0.52	0.30
PAED score (points)	10.0 ± 1.00	9.9 ± 1.42	9.8 ± 1.00	0.22
Ramsay score (points)	1.2 ± 0.37	1.2 ± 0.39	1.2 ± 0.37	0.80
CPS score (points)	3.0 ± 0.53	3.0 ± 0.56	2.9 ± 0.48	0.81

D group: Dexmededomidine group; DS group: Dexmededomidine + sufentanil group; S group: Sufentanil group; FLACC: Face, Legs, Activity, Cry, and Consolability; CPS: Cole 5-point scale score.