Safety and efficacy of dexamethasone as an adjuvant to bupivacaine in bilateral transversus abdominis plane block in children undergoing major abdominal surgery

Ain-Shams Journal of Anesthesiology

Table 5 Comparison between group A and group B regarding time to first analgesia given and total dose of analgesia

		Group A, no. = 26	Group B, no. = 26	Test value^a	P value	Sig.
Time to first analgesia (h)	Mean ± SD	15.54 ± 2.14	9.08 ± 1.90	11.525	0.000	HS
Time to first analgesia (h)	Range	12–18	6–12	11.525	0.000	HS
Total dose of acetaminophen (mg)	Mean ± SD	338.46 ± 80.38	542.31 ± 89.10	− 8.662	0.000	HS
Total dose of acetaminophen (mg)	Range	150–450	400–650	− 8.662	0.000	HS
Total dosed of rectal diclofenac (mg)	Mean ± SD	13.75 ± 3.85	16.67 ± 6.02	− 1.870	0.068	NS
Total dosed of rectal diclofenac (mg)	Range	12.5–25	12.5–25	− 1.870	0.068	NS

There was no major complications occurred in the patients who underwent the procedure
P value > 0.05, non significant (NS); P value < 0.05, significant (S); P value < 0.01, highly significant (HS)
^aIndependent t test