Table 2 Intra- and post-operative Heart Rate (HR) measurements of female patients undergoing gynecological laparoscopic surgery

Intra-operative HR

 HR1 (Basal HR)

89.47^a ± 14.21

90.81^a ± 8.46

93.94 ± 12.61

98.28 ± 11.66

3.878^c

0.011^c

 HR2 (after 15 m.^d)

77.64^a ± 13.13

77.33^a ± 10.28

82.67 ± 13.99

87.06 ± 9.43

5.464^c

0.001^c

 HR3 (after 30 m.)

76.22^a ± 10.68

77.42^a ± 7.96

80.56^a ± 19.90

91.22 ± 13.64

8.841^c

<0.001^c

 HR4 (after 45 m.)

74.97^a ± 10.48

76.61^a ± 7.68

79.53^a ± 11.35

94.00 ± 10.09

27.216^c

<0.001^c

 HR5 (after 60 m.)

74.17^a ± 10.36

78.44^a ± 8.92

80.08^a ± 10.45

95.08 ± 9.30

31.213^c

<0.001^c

 Percent Decrease from HR 1 – 5

16.19 ± 10.87

13.47 ± 7.70

14.41 ± 7.38

2.69 ± 8.38

17.765^c

<0.001^c

 Significance between groups

p₁=0.549, p₂=0.822, p₃<0.001^c, p₄=0.968, p₅<0.001^c, p₆<0.001^c

HR Immediate Postoperative (IP) till after 24 hours

 HR IP

84.11^a ± 9.38

90.83^a ± 8.30

85.22^a ± 11.46

104.83 ± 10.55

32.680^c

<0.001^c

 HR 6H^e

80.81^a ± 10.33

84.56^a ± 7.02

81.81^a ± 11.33

99.06 ± 11.79

24.475^c

<0.001^c

 HR 12H

79.83^a ± 10.67

82.33^a ± 7.90

82.22^a ± 10.43

101.06 ± 10.82

34.840^c

<0.001^c

 HR 18H

79.28^a ± 11.32

80.36^a ± 7.91

80.97^a ± 8.74

100.33 ± 10.82

38.182^c

<0.001^c

 HR 24H

77.42^a ± 9.21

78.92^a ± 5.83

79.94^a ± 8.09

100.64 ± 10.01

61.145^c

<0.001^c

 Percent Decrease from HR IP – 24H

7.69 ± 7.70

12.62 ± 8.19

5.64 ± 5.84

3.57 ± 8.70

9.189^c

<0.001^c

 Significance between groups

p₁=0.036^c, p₂=0.670, p₃=0.108, p₄=0.001^c, p₅<0.001^c, p₆=0.663