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Table 6 Secondary Outcome Measures - Pain management

From: Successful implementation of an Enhanced Recovery After Surgery program shortens length of stay and improves postoperative pain, and bowel and bladder function after colorectal surgery

 

Pre- ERAS group (Jun-12 to Aug-13)

ERAS Group (Dec-13 to Nov-14)

p

Median opioid consumption Intraoperative (mg po morphine equivalents)

Intraoperative opioid consumption, mg (range)

99.0 (0.0–605.0)

68.0 (0.0–293.0)

<0.001

Median opioid consumption from POD 0 to POD 2 (mg po morphine equivalents)

IV and PO opioid consumption, mg (range)

142.2 (0.0–1964.0)

75.0 (0.0–3162.0)

<0.001

Epidural opioid consumption, mg (range)

299.3 (7.6–1017.1)

209.8 (7.8–788.5)

<0.001

Median Duration of Epidural catheterization (in hours)

Epidural duration – median, H (range)

95 (25–264)

52 (3–261)

<0.001

Median Patient self-reported pain scores from 10 (worst) to 0 (no pain).

POD 0 score, n (range)

3.2 (0.0–8.8)

2.1 (0.0–9.3)

<0.001

POD 1 score, n (range)

3.2 (0.0–8.3)

2.6 (0.0–9.6)

0.0019

POD 2 score, n (range)

2.5 (0.0–10.0)

2.7 (0.0–9.1)

0.77