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Table 3 Demographic characteristics and perioperative data in patients dichotomized for peripheral venous cannulation-induced pain score

From: Application of preoperative assessment of pain induced by venous cannulation in predicting postoperative pain in patients under laparoscopic nephrectomy: a prospective observational study

 

venous cannulation-induced pain score (VAS units)

 
 

<2.0

≥ 2.0

P values

Total number of patients

64

42

 

Gender (M/F)

39/25

18/24

0.068

Age (years)

53 (48–62)

52 (38–58)

0.248

BMI (kg/m2)

24.2 (22.1–25.9)

25.1 (22.1–27.8)

0.076

ASA (I/II)

23/41

15 /27

0.981

History of surgery (No/Yes)

40 /24

22/20

0.301

Type of surgery (Partial/Radical)

24/40

13/29

0.489

Approaches of surgery

(Retroperitoneal/Transperitoneal)

15/49

9/33

0.809

Duration of anaesthesia, min

134 (100–157)

133 (113–170)

0.339

Refentanil, mg

1.05 (0.80–1.40)

1.10 (1.00–1.36)

0.361

Postoperative maximum pain score at rest

3.2 (2.9–3.7)

3.7 (3.4–4.7)

< 0.0005

Postoperative maximum pain score on coughing

5.6 (5.3–6.2)

6.2 (5.8–7.0)

< 0.0005

Additional consumption of sulfentanil, μg

2.56 (0–7.86)

7.46 (2.71–22.91)

< 0.0005

Effective times of pressing

1 (0–3)

3 (1–8)

< 0.0005

Needed rescue analgesia

8 (12.5%)

14 (33.3%)

0.01

satisfaction index

5 (4–5)

3 (3–4)

< 0.0005

  1. Variables are presented as median (range) or number