Table 3: VAS pain score at T0, when the patient awoke from the surgery, and 1, 2 hrs. after T0, in the PACU. Values are displayed as the mean and median (quartiles) with P-values (group comparison by Mann–Whitney U-tests).
Abbreviations: NOL: Nociception Level; CI: Confidence interval; PACU: post-anesthesia care unit.
|
VAS score |
NOL-guided group |
Control group |
P-value |
|
T0 (in the OR) |
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|
Mean |
1.9 |
2.9 |
0.132 |
|
Median |
0 |
2 |
|
|
25%–75% percentiles |
0-4 |
0-5 |
|
|
Min. |
0 |
0 |
|
|
Max. |
7 |
9 |
|
|
In the PACU |
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|
Mean |
2.8 |
2.9 |
0.663 |
|
Median |
1 |
2 |
|
|
CI (25th -75th) |
0-5.2 |
0-6 |
|
|
Min. |
0 |
0 |
|
|
Max. |
9 |
8 |
|