Clinical sign Clonidine group (n=120) Dextromethorphan group (n=120) Placebo
group (n=120)
P-value
Heart rate (/min)        
Before injection 79.08 ± 12.90 87.82 ± 19.29 88.56 ± 16.74 < 0.001
After injection 80.65 ± 15.33 87.97 ± 15.49 90.27 ± 16.10 < 0.001
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)        
Before injection 124.05 ± 15.89 132.05 ± 17.05 132.52 ± 17.28 < 0.001
After injection 122.63 ± 15.78 127.87 ± 16.61 128.14 ± 16.33 0.013
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)        
Before injection 76.22 ± 10.37 81.73 ± 11.40 83.16 ± 11.60 < 0.001
After injection 75.55 ± 11.68 78.82 ± 10.83 80.03 ± 12.12 0.009
Mean arterial pressure (mmHg)        
Before injection 91.73 ± 12.13 99.18 ± 12.57 98.65 ± 13.04 < 0.001
After injection 91.27 ± 13.17 94.72 ± 12.63 95.24 ± 12.85 0.036
Data are presented as mean ± SD
Table 4: Clinical signs before and after fentanyl injection at the three intervention groups.