Table 2: Preoperative and intraoperative opioid use.
Control (n = 80) |
SST (n = 47) |
|
Patients Receiving Intraoperative IV Opioids |
97.5% |
61.7%† |
Pre- and Intraoperative Total Opioid Dose (MME; Mean ± SEM)a |
20.0 ± 1.3 mg |
10.9 ± 1.0 mg‡ |
aIncludes MME of 5 mg IV morphine in the SST group to account for preoperative SST dosing (Miner, et al.);
†p < 0.001 via Chi Square Test;
‡p < 0.001 via Student’s T Test;
MME: Morphine milligram equivalents; SEM: Standard error of the mean.