Cough

Table 2 Incidence of coughing and its severity in groups

From: Intravenous lidocaine suppresses fentanyl-induced cough in Children

Groups		Patients had no cough	Cough severity (%)
Groups		Patients had no cough	Total	Mild	Moderate	Severe
Group I	N	52	10	8	2	0
Group I	%	83.9	16.1	12.9	3.2	0.0
Group II	N	48	14	10	3	1
Group II	%	77.4	22.6	16.1	4.8	1.6
Group III	N	35	27	19	5	3
	%	56.5	43.5	30.6	8.1	4.8

Incidence of cough Gr. I vs. Gr. III, P = 0.002; Gr. II vs. Gr. III, P = 0.022.
Cough severity P = 0.441.

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