Opioid-free general anaesthesia for transthoracic oesophagectomy: does it improve postoperative analgesia and other recovery criteria? A prospective randomised study

Ain-Shams Journal of Anesthesiology

Table 4 Postoperative hemodynamics including heart rate (bpm) and mean arterial blood pressure (mmHg) during the first 6 h postoperatively

	Heart rate (bpm)		P value	MAP (mmHg)		P value
	Group (A) OFA	Group (B) OBA	P value	Group (A) OFA	Group (B) OBA	P value
Immediate post-extubation Mean ± SD	88.33 ± 4.51	109.80 ± 6.53	< 0.001	91.00 ± 6.16	102.73 ± 4.80	< 0.001
1 h postoperative Mean ± SD	99.60 ± 6.48	108.80 ± 6.72	< 0.001	79.67 ± 5.77	92.67 ± 7.94	< 0.001
2 h postoperative Mean ± SD	93.60 ± 6.74	103.20 ± 4.51	< 0.001	86.20 ± 8.36	98.73 ± 4.11	< 0.001
3 h postoperative Mean ± SD	86.133 ± 3.248	87.000 ± 4.209	0.533	90.13 ± 4.26	92.13 ± 6.128	0.309
4 h postoperative Mean ± SD	85.267 ± 7.4973	88.4 ± 4.9541	0.189	94.133 ± 5.8416	96.8 ± 5.9064	0.224
5 h postoperative Mean ± SD	86.933 ± 5.0915	88.933 ± 3.9725	0.241	90.933 ± 8.3876	92.600 ± 6.9980	0.559
6 h postoperative Mean ± SD	89.467 ± 7.2197	92.600 ± 4.8226	0.175	93.2 ± 8.2997	95.200 ± 6.1899	0.461

Bpm beat per minute, MAP mean arterial pressure, P was significant if < 0.05,*Significant at level 0.05