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Table 3 Postoperative pain management and adverse events

From: The impact of multimodal analgesia based enhanced recovery protocol on quality of recovery after laparoscopic gynecological surgery: a randomized controlled trial

 

Study Group (n = 69)

Control Group (n = 69)

Median difference (95% CI)

P value

NRS scores at PACU admission

1 (1–2.5)

4 (3–5)

−3 (−3, − 2)

0.000 *

NRS at 2 h

1 (1–2)

3 (3–3)

−2 (− 2, − 2)

0.000 *

NRS at 6 h

1 (1–2)

2 (2–3)

−1 (− 2, − 1)

0.000 *

NRS at 24 h

1 (1–1)

2 (1–3)

−1 (− 1, − 1)

0.000 *

NRS at 48 h

0 (1–1)

1 (1–1)

−1 (− 1, − 1)

0.000 *

Rescue analgesics in PACU (n/%)

4 (5.8)

19 (27.5)

 

0.0006

Total morphine consumption in PACU (mg)

1 (1–2)

2 (2–4)

−1 (− 2, − 1)

0.000 *

Total morphine consumption in 24 h (mg)

2 (1–3.5)

4 (3–7)

− 2 (− 3, − 1)

0.000 *

Total morphine consumption in 48 h (mg)

3 (1–4.5)

5 (3–7.5)

−2 (− 3, − 1)

0.000 *

PACU sedation (n/%)

5 (7.2)

0

 

0.068

PONV 0-48 h (n/%)

11 (15.9)

14 (20.3)

 

0.507

Rescue antiemetics 0-48 h (n/%)

2 (2.9)

2 (2.9)

 

0.612

Postoperative fever (n/%)

3 (4.3)

5 (7.2)

 

0.716

Postoperative dizziness (n/%)

8 (11.6)

11 (15.9)

 

0.459

  1. Data are presented as median (interquartile range)
  2. Abbreviations: NRS Numeric rating scale, PACU Post-anesthesia care unit, PONV Postoperative nausea and vomiting, CI Confidence interval
  3. *P < 0.013, the Mann-Whitney U test with Bonferroni correction