Table 4 Medication prescribed and received in hospital by surgery Type
From: Opioid versus non-opioid postoperative pain management in otolaryngology
| Â | Fess | Neck dissection | Thyroidectomy | Tympanomastoidectomy | ||||||||
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Country | Country | Country | Country | |||||||||
Israel (N = 28) | US (N = 20) | P-value | Israel (N = 22) | US (N = 28) | P-value | Israel (N = 30) | US (N = 29) | P-value | Israel (N = 19) | US (N = 25) | P-value | |
Opioids | ||||||||||||
 Prescribed in hospital N (%) | 17 (60.7%) | 19 (95%) | 0.00681 | 16 (72.7%) | 27 (96.4%) | 0.0165 | 23 (76.7%) | 26 (89.7%) | 0.18371 | 13 (68.4%) | 25 (100.0%) | 0.00251 |
 Received in hospital N (%) | 6 (21.4%) | 12 (60%) | 0.00651 | 8 (36.4%) | 22 (78.6%) | 0.0025 | 10 (33.3%) | 19 (65.5%) | 0.01341 | 4 (21.1%) | 18 (72%) | 0.00081 |
 Prescribed at discharge N (%) | 1 (3.6%) | 19 (95%) |  < .00011 | 0 (0%) | 23 (82.1%) |  < .00011 | 0 (0%) | 27 (93.1%) |  < .00011 | 1 (5.3%) | 25 (100%) |  < .00011 |
Acetaminophen | ||||||||||||
 Prescribed in hospital N (%) | 0 (0%) | 18 (90%) |  < .00011 | 4 (18.2%) | 28 (100%) |  < .00011 | 1 (3.3%) | 29 (100%) |  < .00011 | 3 (15.8%) | 18 (72.0%) | 0.00021 |
 Received in hospital N (%) | 0 (0%) | 10 (50%) |  < .00011 | 3 (13.6%) | 25 (89.3%) |  < .00011 | 1 (3.3%) | 23 (79.3%) |  < .00011 | 1 (5.3%) | 11 (44%) | 0.00431 |
Ibuprofen | ||||||||||||
 Prescribed in hospital N (%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (5%) | 0.23181 | 0 (0%) | 6 (21.4%) | 0.0206 | 0 (0%) | 25 (86.2%) |  < .00011 | 2 (10.5%) | 0 (0%) | 0.09681 |
 Received in hospital N (%) | 0 (%) | 0 (%) | - | 0 (%) | 5 (17.9%) | 0.0367 | 0 (%) | 16 (55.2%) |  < .00011 | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | - |
Dipyrone | ||||||||||||
 Prescribed in hospital N (%) | 23 (82.1%) | 0 (0%) |  < .00011 | 16 (72.7%) | 0 (0%) |  < .00011 | 26 (86.7%) | 0 (0%) |  < .00011 | 15 (78.9%) | 0 (0%) |  < .00011 |
 Received in hospital N (%) | 16 (57.1%) | 0 (0%) |  < .00011 | 14 (63.6%) | 0 (0%) |  < .00011 | 21 (70%) | 0 (0%) |  < .00011 | 11 (57.9%) | 0 (0%) |  < .00011 |