Table 3 Time to reach the target mean arterial blood pressure, serum lactate level and analgesic parameters between groups

Time to reach the target mean arterial blood pressure (min.)

21.6 ± 1.7

6.9 ± 1.5

14.7(13.7 – 15.6)

 < 0.001

Serum lactate level (mg/dL)

Basal

10.6 ± 3.2

11.8 ± 3.9

-1.1 (-3.2 to 0.8)

0.24

After 1 h

11.1 ± 3

12.6 ± 3.6

-1.5 (-3.4to 0.3)

0.1

Time to the first call of pethidine (min.)

113.1 ± 5.2

28.2 ± 1.5

84.8 (82.6 -87.1)

 < 0.001

Total Pethidine Consumption (mg)

64.2 ± 4.7

71.04 ± 6.2

-6.7 (-9.9 to -3.6)

 < 0.001