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Table 2 Test Of Treatment Effects On Average Pain During The 2 Hour Postoperative Period

From: A randomized, placebo controlled, trial of preoperative sustained release Betamethasone plus non-controlled intraoperative Ketorolac or Fentanyl on pain after diagnostic laparoscopy or laparoscopic tubal ligation [ISRCTN52633712]

Treatment Pairs

Adjusted Means

Standard Error

95% Confidence Interval

Partial PValue

P (N = 35)

30

4

23 ā€“ 38

0.056

BM (N = 31)

40

4

33 ā€“ 47

Ā 

Ketorolac (N = 17)

29

5

20 ā€“ 38

0.027

Other (N = 49)

41

3

36 ā€“ 47

Ā 

Diagnostic (N = 29)

32

3

26 ā€“ 39

0.275

Tubal (N = 37)

38

4

30 ā€“ 46

Ā 
  1. Means are adjusted by an average opioid dose of 2.9 during the 2 hour postoperative period.