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Table 4 Number and Percentage of Patients’ Ranking of Potential Adverse Effects

From: Is propofol injection pain really important to patients?

Potential Adverse Effects

Rankings

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Anxiety (N)

83

31

15

14

18

25

17

41

204

0

%

18.5

6.9

3.3

3.1

4.0

5.6

3.8

9.2

45.5

0

Intravenous puncture pain (N)

20

33

35

38

39

54

42

141

46

0

%

4.5

7.4

7.8

8.5

8.7

12.1

9.4

31.5

10.3

0

Propofol injection pain (N)

8

27

44

55

58

63

120

48

25

0

%

1.8

6.0

9.8

12.3

12.9

14.1

26.8

10.7

5.6

0

Gag on endotracheal tube (N)

54

58

63

56

71

62

41

26

17

0

%

12.1

12.9

14.1

12.5

15.8

13.8

9.2

5.8

3.8

0

Shivering (N)

28

31

36

44

56

64

72

54

63

0

%

6.3

6.9

8.0

9.8

12.5

14.3

16.1

12.1

14.1

0

Sore throat (N)

35

63

57

71

61

46

52

37

26

0

%

7.8

14.1

12.7

15.8

13.6

10.3

11.6

8.3

5.8

0

Nausea (N)

32

53

71

72

57

60

40

43

20

0

%

7.1

11.8

15.8

16.1

12.7

13.4

8.9

9.6

4.5

0

Vomiting (N)

65

86

63

43

48

40

41

35

27

0

%

14.5

19.2

14.1

9.6

10.7

8.9

9.2

7.8

6.0

0

Incisional pain (N)

123

66

67

54

42

33

22

22

19

0

%

27.5

14.7

15.0

12.1

9.4

7.4

4.9

4.9

4.2

0

Normal (N)

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

448

%

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

100