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Table 4 Postoperative meperidine and incidence of PONV. Data represented as number (percentage %)

From: The role of Gabapentin oral solution in decreasing desflurane associated emergence agitation and delirium in children after stabismus surgery, a prospective randomized double-blind study

 

Group (C)

(n = 34)

group (G)

(n = 33)

P value

Number of patients required postoperative meperidine [No. (%)]

18 (52.9%)

10 (30.3%)*

0.03

Incidence of PONV [No. (%)]

3 (10%)

2 (6.6%)

0.32

  1. Group (C) = control and group (G) = Gabapentin. PONV = postoperative nausea and vomiting
  2. *Statistically significant compared to group (C), [p ˂ 0.05]