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Table 4 Summary of post-operative morphine use (bolus and PCA dosing) among patients randomized to ilioinguinal-iliohypogastric nerve block (Group I) or saline control (Group II).

From: Prospective randomized trial of iliohypogastric-ilioinguinal nerve block on post-operative morphine use after inpatient surgery of the female reproductive tract

 

Group I

(n = 28)

Group II

(n = 32)

p 1

PACU MSO4 bolus

7.8 ± 3.7

8.4 ± 3.7

0.52

MSO4 via PCA (total)

47.3 ± 25.8

45.9 ± 34

0.85

MSO4 via PCA (first 24 h)

41.7 ± 19.6

42.5 ± 34.8

0.91

   initial 8 h

20.9 ± 10.5

20.4 ± 13.9

0.88

   8–16 h

10.7 ± 7.4

11.0 ± 14.3

0.93

   16–24 h

10.1 ± 7.1

11.7 ± 21.2

0.53

MSO4 via PCA (>24 h)

5.8 ± 9.1

2.2 ± 4.8

0.06

  1. Notes: All data reported as mean ± SD (mg); PACU = post-anesthesia recovery unit, MSO4 = morphine sulfate 1by Student's t-test.
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Journal of Negative Results in BioMedicine

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