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Table 4 Perioperative non-opioid analgesics and postoperative opioid analgesic requirements

From: Efficacy of intravenous lidocaine infusions for pain relief in children undergoing laparoscopic appendectomy: a randomized controlled trial

Variable

Lidocaine group n = 35

Control group n = 36

p-value

Non-opioid analgesics consumption in the whole perioperative period

 [mg/kg] Acetaminophen Median (IQR)

75.76 (71.43–77.38)

75.0 (73.25–82.05)

0.63

 [mg/kg] Metamizole Median (IQR)

41.46 (40.0–45.98)

40.0 (37.65–44.73)

0.38

Nalbuphine requirement in all patients

 [mg] Median (IQR)

5 (2.5–8)

5.5 (2.5–11)

0.64

 [mg/kg] Median (IQR)

0.1061 (0.0962–0.2222)

0.1325 (0.0899–0.2202)

0.63

Nalbuphine consumption in patients who demanded rescue analgesia

Variable

Lidocaine group n = 27

Control group n = 30

 

Nalbuphine requirement

 [mg] Median (IQR)

6 (4–12)

8 (4–12)

0.76

 [mg/kg] Median (IQR)

0.1212 (0.1034–0.2791)

0.1951 (0.1–0.3)

0.74

The time to first analgesic request (to the first dose of nalbuphine)

 [min] Median (IQR)

55 (40–110)

40.5 (28–65)

0.05

  1. Data are presented as median (interquartile range – IQR)
  2. Non-parametric data are reported as median (interquartile range – IQR) and were compared using the Mann-Whitney U test