Particulate-steroid betamethasone added to ropivacaine in interscalene brachial plexus block for arthroscopic rotator cuff repair improves postoperative analgesia

Table 2 Presence of sleep disturbance and the consumption of analgesics after surgery

Variable	Group R (n = 22)	Group BR (n = 22)	P value
Sleep disturbance	17 (77 %)	3 (14 %)	<0.001
Rescue analgesics
Diclofenac (mg)	50 (18.5, 50)	0 (0. 6.3)	<0.001
Pentazocine(mg)	0 (0, 15)	0 (0, 0)	0.004
Nausea/ vomiting (%)	0 (0 %)	2 (9 %)	0.490

Values represent the number of patients (percentage) with sleep disturbance and nausea/vomiting. Consumption of rescue analgesics (mg) is expressed as median (interquartile range)
R group: 0.375 % ropivacaine (20 mL), BR group: betamethasone 4 mg (1 mL) + 0.375 % ropivacaine (19 mL)

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