| Characteristic/Measurement |
Lidocaine group
(N=52) |
Remifentanil group
(N=57) |
p-value |
| Age (mean ± sd) years |
48 ± 10 |
49 ± 11 |
0.58 |
| Female |
42 (81%) |
40 (70%) |
0.20 |
| BMI (mean ± sd) |
28.7 ± 6.3 |
28.4 ± 5.3 |
0.81 |
| Smokers |
41 (79%) |
48 (84%) |
0.47 |
| HTN |
15 (29%) |
18 (32%) |
0.76 |
| Duration of surgery (mean ± SD) in minutes |
181 ± 83 |
130 ± 56 |
0.0002 |
| Duration of intubation (mean ± SD) in minutes |
217 ± 87 |
162 ± 62 |
0.0002 |
|
