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Table 2 FLACC, Ramsay and PAED scores in the post anesthesia care unit

From: Effectiveness of analgesia with hydromorphone hydrochloride for postoperative pain following surgical repair of structural congenital malformations in children: a randomized controlled trial

Variable

Group

P value

(Chi Square Test)

S

N = 74 (%)

H1

N = 74 (%)

H2

N = 74 (%)

PAED total score

4.69 ± 4.17

4.20 ± 3.89

4.96 ± 3.86

0.470(K-W Test)

FLACC score

   

0.849

  0

0(0)

2(2.70)

2(2.70)

0.361

  1

8(10.81)

15(20.27)

3(4.05)

0.009

  2

34(45.95)

22(29.73)

34(45.95)

0.069

  3

31(41.89)

32(43.24)

35(47.30)

0.789

  4

1(1.35)

2(2.70)

0(0)

0.363

  5

0(0)

1(1.35)

0(0)

0.366

Ramsay score

   

0.278

  1

34(45.95)

32(43.24)

30(40.54)

0.802

  2

36(48.65)

33(44.59)

30(40.54)

0.611

  3

4(5.41)

9(12.16)

13(17.57)

0.070

  4

0(0)

0(0)

1(1.35)

0.366

  1. Patients were randomized 1:1:1 into 3 groups: hydromorphone hydrochloride 0.1 mg/kg (H1), hydromorphone hydrochloride 0.2 mg/kg (H2), or sufentanil 1.5 µg/kg (S). All patients received flurbiprofen axetil 5 mg/kg