3. Results
forty-seven, glaucoma
GLAUCOMA
One hundred sixty-one patients were assessed for eligibility, and 14 of those were excluded. 2 patients had glaucoma, which is an exclusion criterion, and 12 patients did not consent to participate in the study. One hundred forty-seven patients, including 102 females, and 43 males, who were scheduled for bariatric surgery under general anesthesia. The patients were allocated to the control group, n = 73, and the esketamine group, n = 74. 2 patients from the control group had their surgeries canceled after finding gastric contents with endoscopy, leaving 71 patients in the control group and 74 patients in the esketamine group. Data of these 145 patients was then analyzed. A CONSORT flow diagram of trial participants is shown here (Fig. Baseline patient characteristics for all patients and group allocations, data are summarized by number or mean, and the bracket shows standard deviation. Gender, ASA classification, and surgery type data are represented by numbers and the bracket shows percentages.ASA = American Society of Anesthesiologists.Consort flow diagram.