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Table 3 Postoperative recovery

From: Penehyclidine mitigates postoperative nausea and vomiting and intraoperative oculocardiac reflex in patients undergoing strabismus surgery: a prospective, randomized, double-blind comparison

 

Normal saline (n = 104)

Penehyclidine (n = 114)

P value

Antiemetics used

4 (3.9%)

1 (0.9%)

0.195

Analgesics used

1 (1%)

3 (2.7%)

0.623

Time to extubation (min)

25 (16)

25 (13)

0.922

Length of stay in PACU (min)

59 (30)

60 (30)

0.732

Severe dry mouth

0

0

–

Facial flushing

1 (1%)

1 (0.9%)

1.000

Drowsiness

0

1 (0.9%)

1.000

  1. Requirement for antiemetics and analgesics, severe dry mouth, facial flushing and drowsiness are expressed as number (%), and compared by Fisher’s exact test between normal saline group and penehyclidine group. Time to extubation and length of stay in PACU are expressed as medium (IQR) and compared by Mann-Whitney U test between groups. PACU, post-anesthesia care unit
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