TABLE 4

Clearances (CLtot) of fentanyl and propofol during therapeutic hypothermia

Significance evaluated with Mann-Whitney U test. Values presented as median [semi-interquartile range]. Lower and upper bounds of confidence intervals (CIs) presented as (lower, upper).

DrugCLtot of Drug in:95% CI for Difference
Hypothermic (n = 14) GroupNormothermic (n = 8) Group
ml/min
Fentanyl726 [230]*1331 [678](−1440, −27)
Propofol2046 [305]*2665 [223](−1343, −106)