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Ain-Shams Journal of Anesthesiology

Table 4 Comparison between groups as regards time to first request pethedine, intraoperative fentanyl use, and total dose of pethedine consumption

From: Ultrasound-guided quadratus lumborum block versus transversus abdominis plane block in patients undergoing total abdominal hysterectomy

 

QLB group

(n = 30)

TAP group

(n = 30)

t test

P value

Time to first request pethedine (min)

480.63 ± 60.3 min

245.81 ± 40.63 min

17.69

< 0.001

Intraoperative fentanyl consumption (mg)

100 ± 0

100 ± 0

0

1

Postoperative pethidine consumption (mg)

68.33 ± 66.28

120.0 ± 76.11

2.8

0.007

  1. As regards to total dose of narcotics used in each group, intraoperative fentanyl showed no difference between two groups, but postoperative pethidine consumption was more in TAP group than QLP group (P < 0.001) (Table 4)
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