Outcomes in patients receiving different levels of sedation
| No sedation (n=40) (n (%)) | Mild sedation (n=9) (n (%)) | Heavy sedation (n=9) (n (%)) | Pharmacological paralysis (n=9) (n (%)) | All groups (n=9) (n (%)) | p Value* | |
| Death | 3 (7.5) | 1 (11.1) | 2 (22.2) | 6 (35.2) | 12 (16) | 0.02 |
| 4 (8.2) | 8 (30.8) | |||||
| mRS 0–2 | 24 (60) | 6 (66.6) | 2 (22.2) | 4 (23.5) | 36 (48) | <0.01 |
| 30 (61.2) | 6 (23.1) | |||||
| Successful reperfusion (TIMI 2–3) | 24/33 (72.7) | 7/20 (35) | 31/53 (58.5) | 0.01 |
↵* p Values represent dichotomized sedation categories.
mRS, modified Rankin Scale; TIMI, Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction.