Research Article
Cardiovascular Safety of Clonidine and Dexmedetomidine in Critically Ill Patients after Cardiac Surgery
| | Variable | All (n = 334) | Clonidine group (n = 193) | Dexmedetomidine group (n = 141) | value |
| | Age (years) | 68 (58–75) | 66 (57–73) | 70 (63–77) | 0.003 | | Male gender | 256 (77%) | 145 (75%) | 111 (79%) | 0.513 | | Weight (kg) | 78 (68–90) | 79 (69–91) | 78 (68–88) | 0.188 | | SAPS II (points) | 37 (29–50) | 35 (27–48) | 41 (31–54) | 0.008 | | ICU length of stay (days) | 5 (2–8) | 4 (2–7) | 6 (3–8) | 0.004 | | ICU mortality | 12 (3.6%) | 7 (3.6%) | 5 (3.5%) | 1.000 |
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ICU: intensive care unit; SAPS: simplified acute physiology score.
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