Table 2 Sensorimotor blockade characteristics
Characteristics of sensorimotor blockade | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Parameters observed mean ± SD [in minutes ] | Group A | Group B | Group C | P value | Inference |
Time for sensory onset | 1.58 ± 0.36 | 1.72 ± 0.31 | 4.35 ± 0.49 | A-B = 0.111 | S |
B-C = < 0.0001 | HS | ||||
C-A = < 0.0001 | HS | ||||
Time for highest sensory block | 7.76 ± 0.52 | 7.52 ± 0.70 | 11.56 ± 0.63 | A-B = 0.137 | NS |
B-C = < 0.0001 | HS | ||||
C-A = < 0.0001 | HS | ||||
Time for grade 3 motor block | 5.42 ± 0.48 | 5.76 ± 0.55 | 9.88 ± 0.62 | A-B = 0.013 | S |
B-C = < 0.0001 | HS | ||||
C-A = < 0.0001 | HS | ||||
Time to regression by 2 dermatome | 97.3 ± 10.09 | 106.06 ± 10.62 | 137.3 ± 9.03 | A-B = 0.001 | S |
B-C = < 0.0001 | HS | ||||
C-A = < 0.0001 | HS | ||||
Time for S2 segment regression | 183.33 ± 8.56 | 197.76 ± 7.95 | 236.66 ± 12.09 | A-B = < 0.0001 | HS |
B-C = < 0.0001 | HS | ||||
C-A = < 0.0001 | HS | ||||
Time for motor block to grade 0 | 177.3 ± 7.31 | 184.16 ± 20.55 | 179.2 ± 13.16 | A-B = 0.090 | NS |
B-C = 0.270 | NS | ||||
C-A = 0.492 | NS | ||||
Time for first rescue analgesic | 241.33 ± 16.39 | 327.83 ± 31.61 | 349 ± 22.45 | A-B = < 0.0001 | HS |
B-C = 0.004 | S | ||||
C-A = < 0.0001 | HS | ||||
Analgesic request in 24 h (no.) | 3.53 ± 0.50 | 2.83 ± 0.69 | 1.30 ± 0.47 | A-B = < 0.0001 | HS |
B-C = < 0.0001 | HS | ||||
C-A = < 0.0001 | HS | ||||