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Table 4 Analgesic requirements

From: “Preoperative oral duloxetine: does it affect duration of spinal anesthesia and early postoperative pain after arthroscopic ACL repair?” A prospective, randomized, double-blind controlled trial

 

Group C (n=35)

Group D (n= 35)

p-value

Frequency of morphine (number of doses)

3 (3–4)

2 (1–2)

<0.001

Total morphine consumption (mg)

10.37 ± 1.52

4.2 ± 2.08

<0.001

First analgesic requirements (minutes)

218.29 ± 12.48

479.71 ± 50.32

<0.001

  1. Data are presented as mean± SD, median (IQR)
  2. P value < 0.05 is considered statistically significant