Table 2 Patient characteristics during cooling to hypo- and normothermia in the hypothermia and normothermia groups
Hypothermia | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conventional | BR | CC | AS | CG | P value | |
Sedatives | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0.069 |
Neuromuscular blockers | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0.129 |
Analgesics | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0.195 |
Paracetamol | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0.287 |
Inotropic agents | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0.311 |
Vasodilatory agentsa | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0.112 |
Adverse events | 0.271 | |||||
Hypotensionb | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
Arrhythmiac | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | |
Skin lesions | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Overshootd | 0.058 | |||||
No. of patients | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
Lowest temperature (°C) | 31.9 | 31.0 ± 0.3 | 32.4 ± 0.1 | |||
Use of additional cooling | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.069 |
Treatment failuree | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.129 |
Normothermia | ||||||
Sedatives | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0.195 |
Neuromuscular blockers | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 0.195 |
Analgesics | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0.195 |
Paracetamol | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 0.515 |
Inotropic agents | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0.311 |
Vasodilatory agentsa | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.384 |
Antibiotics | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0.384 |
Adverse events | 0.069 | |||||
Hypotensionb | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Arrhythmiac | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Skin lesions | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Overshootd | 0.040 | |||||
No. of patients | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
Lowest temperature (°C) | 35.7 ± 0.4 | 36.1 ± 0.1 | ||||
Use of additional cooling | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.069 |
Treatment failuree | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.019 |