3. Results
thirty-nine, hypotension
The CONSORT flow diagram of this study is shown in Figure The CONSORT flow diagram.Forty-four patients were enrolled between January 2021 and September 2022 and were randomly allocated to either group R (n = 22) or group P (n = 22). Following randomization, 2 patients declined to participate. One patient was unable to receive the allocated intervention because there was no anesthesiologist available to conduct this study because of emergency surgeries. Thereafter, one additional patient in group P discontinued the allocated intervention because of severe hypotension during anesthesia induction. Excluding 1 patient who deviated from the protocol, thirty-nine patients were finally analyzed in this study (group R, n = 20; group P, n = 19).Patient demographics revealed no significant differences in background characteristics between the 2 groups (Table Patient characteristics.IQR = interquartile range.Intraoperative variables.IQR = interquartile range.The emergence time (time to extubation) was significantly shorter in group R than in group P (4 minutes vs 8 minutes, Emergence variables.Values are expressed as median [interquartile range].WFTS = white fast-track score.Comparison of extubation times for propofol and remimazolam anesthesia.Values are expressed as the number of cases.Secondary outcomes were also shorter in group R. The time to eye-opening, obeying commands, and achieving a WFTS of 12 were also significantly shorter in group R (White fast-track score before leaving the OR.OR = operation room, SpO