Journal of Current Surgery, ISSN 1927-1298 print, 1927-1301 online, Open Access
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Original Article

Volume 13, Number 1, September 2023, pages 1-5


Remimazolam as an Adjunct to General Anesthesia During Spine Surgery in Adolescents

Figure

Figure 1.
Figure 1. Additional intraoperative medications administered to the patients in the study cohort. The x-axis lists the medication and the y-axis shows the number of patients from the cohort of 40 that received each medication.

Tables

Table 1. Remimazolam Infusion Rates (µg/kg/min)
 
Mean ± SDMedianRange
SD: standard deviation.
Overall8.1 ± 5.261.5 - 30
Starting dose7.0 ± 3.052.5 - 10
Maintenance dose8.6 ± 5.581.5 - 30

 

Table 2. Remimazolam Infusion Rates based on Anesthetic Technique (µg/kg/min)
 
Mean ± SDMedianRange
SD: standard deviation.
Propofol (n = 11)
  Starting dose8.5 ± 2.7103 - 10
  Maintenance dose11.3 ± 6.8103 - 30
Volatile-based (n = 26)
  Starting dose6.1 ± 2.852.5 - 10
  Maintenance dose6.8 ± 3.951.5 - 15
Dexmedetomidine-ketamine (n = 2)
  Starting dose10 ± 01010 - 10
  Maintenance dose9.2 ± 3.8105 - 15