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Table 2 Baseline demographics of patients admitted to intensive care units

From: Pain management of nalbuphine and sufentanil in patients admitted intensive care unit of different ages

 

Total N = 78

Sufentanil N = 38

Nalbuphine N = 40

p-valuea

Gender

   

0.962

Male

31 (39.7%)

15

16

 

Female

47 (60.3%)

23

24

 

Age (year)

53.36 ± 2.15

55.05 ± 3.32

51.75 ± 2.77

0.446

Weight (kg)

64.63 ± 1.06

63.79 ± 1.64

65.43 ± 1.37

0.444

APACHE II

10 (6, 17)

13 (8, 18)

8.5 (5, 14)

0.072

Disease entity

   

0.214

Infectious disease

16 (20.5%)

9 (23.7%)

7 (17.5%)

 

Trauma and accidental injury

26 (33.3%)

13 (34.2%)

13 (32.5%)

 

Neoplasms

10 (12.8%)

3 (7.9%)

7 (17.5%)

 

Inflammatory disease

5 (6.4%)

3 (7.9%)

2 (5.0%)

 

Digestive systems

7 (9.0%)

6 (15.8%)

1 (2.5%)

 

Cardiovascular system

3 (3.8%)

0 (0.0%)

3 (7.5%)

 

Respiratory disease

2 (2.6%)

1 (2.6%)

1 (2.5%)

 

Others

9 (11.5%)

3 (7.9%)

6 (15.0%)

 

CPOT

3.42 ± 0.15

3.42 ± 0.22

3.43 ± 0.21

0.990

RASS

1.54 ± 0.09

1.61 ± 0.13

1.48 ± 0.14

0.493

SBP (mmHg)

126.08 ± 2.31

128.21 ± 3.43

124.05 ± 3.12

0.371

DBP (mmHg)

73.28 ± 1.40

71.26 ± 2.07

75.20 ± 1.88

0.162

HR (bpm/min)

96.15 ± 2.53

99.71 ± 3.85

92.78 ± 3.27

0.172

SpO2 (%)

96.92 ± 0.62

97.34 ± 0.64

96.52 ± 1.05

0.510

  1. Abbreviation: APACHE II Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation, CPOT Critical Care Pain Observation Tool, RASS Richmond Agitation-Sedation Scale, HR heart rate, SpO2 oxygen saturation, SBP systolic blood pressure, DBP diastolic blood pressure
  2. aMann-Whitney test was used for continuous variables, and Fisher’s exact test was used for categorical variables. Data were presented as mean ± standard error (SE) or median with inter-quartile range (IQR)