Table 4 The proportion of patients without morphine requirement, cumulative morphine use (mg) and cumulative morphine demands at the final analysis
IT morphine (n = 27) | IT morphine with QLB (n = 28) | p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|
Without morphine requirement: n (%) | |||
6 h | 10 (37%) | 21 (75%) | 0.005 |
8 h | 10 (37%) | 15 (53.6%) | 0.218 |
10 h | 8 (29.6%) | 12 (42.8%) | 0.308 |
12 h | 8 (29.6%) | 10 (35.7%) | 0.631 |
24 h | 4 (14.8%) | 4 (14.3%) | 0.956 |
PCA morphine delivery | |||
24 h | 5 (0–56) | 4.5 (0–36) | 0.548 |
48 h | 7 (0–78) | 6.5 (0–44) | 0.768 |
PCA morphine demand | |||
24 h | 6 (0–61) | 4.5 (0–37) | 0.494 |
48 h | 8 (0–84) | 6.5 (0–39) | 0.933 |