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Table 4 Postoperative nausea, vomiting, hypotension and sedation scoresin Groups C and T

From: The analgesic efficacy of subcostal transversus abdominis plane block with Mercedes incision

Variables

Group C (n = 35)

Group T (n = 35)

P value

Nausea(n)

 T1–T2

1

0

0.31

 T2–T3

1

2

0.56

 T3–T4

8

2*

0.04

 T4–T5

1

2

0.56

 T5–T6

6

3

0.28

Vomiting(n)

 T1–T2

1

0

0.31

 T2–T3

1

1

1.00

 T3–T4

4

2

0.39

 T4–T5

1

1

1.00

 T5–T6

1

2

0.56

Hypotension(n)

 T1–T2

1

0

0.3

 T2–T3

2

2

1.00

 T3–T4

2

1

0.56

 T4–T5

0

0

1.00

 T5–T6

0

1

0.31

RAMSAY score

 T1

2.66(2.42–2.89)

2.57(2.35–2.80)

0.594

 T2

2.14(2.00–2.29)#

2.09(1.99-2.18)#

0.514

 T3

2.03(1.97–2.09)#

2.03(1.97-2.09)#

0.514

 T4

2.00(1.83–2.06)#

1.94(1.83-2.01)#

0.321

 T5

1.97(1.91–2.03)#

2.00(2.00-2.00)#

0.321

 T6

1.97(1.91–2.03)#

2.00(2.00-2.00)#

0.321

  1. Values are expressed as median (interquartile range) for normal distributed variables, median (interquartile range) for skew distribution, and numbers for absolute values.T1, 5 min afterextubation;T2, 2 h after operation; T3, 4 h after operation; T4, 12 h after operation; T5, 24 h after operation;T6, 48 h after operation
  2. #P < 0.05 compared to T1; * P < 0.05 compared with Group C