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Table 2 Doses of anesthetic drugs for each hour of the experiments

From: Low doses of esmolol and phenylephrine act as diuretics during intravenous anesthesia

Measured parameters

Controls

(n= 20)

Esmolol

(n= 20)

Phenylephrine

(n= 20)

Kruskal-Wallis test

Propofol, mg

    

   0-60 minutes

350 (279-350)

300 (300-337)

290 (250-300)

NS

   60-120 minutes

316 (291-358)

324 (290-384)

320 (254-400)

NS

   120-180 minutes

150 (125-225)

210 (168-249)

209 (169-271)

NS

Fentanyl, μg

    

   0-60 minutes

250 (250-300)

250 (213-250)

300 (250-300)

NS

   60-120 minutes

200 (200-250)

150 (150-200)

216 (150-268)

P < 0.05

   120-180 minutes

100 (100-125)

125 (100-150)

112 (100-150)

NS

Cis-atracurium, mg

    

   0-60 minutes

18 (15-20)

18 (15-20)

19 (15-20)

NS

   60-120 minutes

9 (8-10)

10 (8-10)

9 (7-10)

NS

   120-180 minutes

0 (0-0)

3 (0-5)

5 (3-5)

P < 0.01

  1. Data are the median (25th to 75th percentiles). aP = 0.11; phenylephrine versus controls P < 0.05 (Mann-Whitney test). NS, not significant.