Cough incidence
Lidocaine group
(N=35)
Remifentanil group
(N=29)
OR (95% CI)
P-value
Before extubation
12 (34%)
20 (69%)
4.3 (1.5, 12.2)
0.006
After extubation
7 (20%)
4 (14%)
0.6 (0.2, 2.4)
0.74*
overall
16 (46%)
20 (69%)
2.6 (0.9, 7.4)
0.06
Severe Cough
8 (23%)
16 (55%)
3.1 (1.1, 9.1)
0.008
*P-value is obtained through Fisher’s exact test
Table 5:
Post hoc analysis with duration of surgery larger than 120 minutes and less than 300 minutes.
