Table 4: Cumulative postoperative morphine. 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.
|
Morphine consumption in the PACU (mg) |
NOL-guided group (prospective cohort) (n=34) |
Control group (retrospective cohort) (n=36) |
P-value (Mann-Whitney) |
|
Mean |
5.2 |
5.4 |
0.953 |
|
Median |
4 |
5 |
|
|
CI (25th -75th) |
2-8.7 |
2-6.5 |
|
|
Min. |
0 |
0 |
|
|
Max. |
12 |
18 |