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Table 5 Overall costs (€, 2003 price level) of the intensive care unit stay per patient

From: Sedation in the intensive care unit with remifentanil/propofol versus midazolam/fentanyl: a randomised, open-label, pharmacoeconomic trial

 

Remifentanil/propofol (n = 39)

Midazolam/fentanyl (n = 33)

P valuea

Material

11/10 (5–25)

11/11 (4–18)

NS

Non-study drugs

218/137 (31–1257)

192/153 (55–723)

NS

Study drugs

353/341 (54–835)

42/46 (19–63)

<0.05

Nurses

869/827 (517–2213)

1,131/1,071 (554–2,164)

<0.05

Physicians

260/243 (135–723)

352/301 (151–811)

<0.05

Overall

1,712/1,558 (1,058–3,647)

1,729/1,604 (821–3,337)

NS

  1. Values are means/medians (range). aWilcoxon rank-sum test. NS, not significant.
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