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Table 3 Postoperative resting face pain score during the 4-h postoperative period

From: Postoperative analgesia in children undergoing adenotonsillectomy under sevoflurane versus propofol-based anesthesia: a randomized controlled trial

 

Propofol

Sevoflurane

Mann–Whitney U test

P value

Mean (SD)

Median (IQR)

Mean (SD)

Median (IQR)

Resting FPS 0 min

0.700 (0.534)

1.00 (0–1.00)

3.73 (0.449)

4.00 (3.00–4.00)

0

< 0.001*

Resting FPS 10 min

1.53 (0.819)

1.00 (1.00–2.00)

2.50 (0.682)

3.00 (2.00–3.00)

180

< 0.001*

Resting FPS 20 min

1.23 (0.568)

1.00 (1.00–2.00)

2.02 (0.583)

2.00 (2.00–2.00)

164

< 0.001*

Resting FPS 30 min

1.10 (0.480)

1.00 (1.00–1.00)

1.73 (0.520)

2.00 (1.00–2.00)

198

< 0.001*

Resting FPS 40 min

0.966 (0.413)

1.00 (1.00–1.00)

1.33 (.479)

1.00 (1.00–2.00)

300

0.003*

Resting FPS 50 min

0.866 (0.345)

1.00 (1.00–1.00)

1.26 (0.639)

1.00 (1.00–1.00)

325

0.003*

Resting FPS 60 min

0.866 (0.345)

1.00 (1.00–1.00)

1.13 (0.345)

1.00 (1.00–1.00)

338

0.005*

Resting FPS 2 h

0.233 (0.430)

0 (0–0.25)

1.03 (0.413)

1.00 (1.00–1.00)

116

< 0.001*

Resting FPS 3 h

0.866 (0.345)

1.00 (1.00–1.00)

1.10 (0.402)

1.00 (1.00–1.00)

353

0.021

Resting FPS 4 h

.966 (0.182)

1.00 (1.00–1.00)

1.00 (0)

1.00 (1.00–1.00)

435

0.317

Friedman ANOVA, repeated measure

χ2 = 122

P < 0.001*

χ2 = 200

P < 0.001*

  
  1. ANOVA analysis of variance, FPS Faces Pain Scale, IQR interquartile range