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Table 4 Postoperative Ramsay sedation scale score, nausea score, vomiting score and pruritis score in the first 72 h

From: Dosage of epidural morphine analgesia after lower abdominal cancer surgery: a randomized clinical trial among the older adults

Variable

1.5 mg epidural morphine

3 mg epidural morphine

4.5 mg epidural morphine

0 mg epidural morphine

P value

Baseline Ramsay Sedation Scale

1.9 (0.5)

2. (0.4)

3 (0.4) a, b, c

1.7 (0.5)

0.000

Ramsay Sedation Scale 2 h

2 (0.4)

2.2 (0.4)

3 (0.4) a, b, c

1.9 (0.5)

0.000

Ramsay Sedation Scale 8 h

2.1 (0.2)

2.1 (0.2)

2.9 (0.5) a, b, c

2 (0.2)

0.000

Ramsay Sedation Scale 16 h

2 (0.3)

2 (0.2)

2.9 (0.5) a, b, c

2 (0.3)

0.000

Ramsay Sedation Scale 24 h

2.1 (0.2)

2.1 (0.2)

2.5 (0.5) a, b, c

2.2 (0.5)

0.000

Ramsay Sedation Scale 36 h

2.1 (0.2)

2.1 (0.2)

2.1 (0.5) a, b, c

2.4 (0.5)

0.05

Ramsay Sedation Scale 48 h

2.1 (0.2)

2.1 (0.2)

2.1 (0.2)

2.1 (0.2)

1

Ramsay Sedation Scale 72 h

2.1 (0.2)

2.1 (0.2)

2.1 (0.2)

2.1 (0.3)

0.893

Nausea score

4.4 (0.8)

4.5 (0.7)

4.6 (0.7)

4.8 (0.7)

0.274

Vomiting Score

3.1 (1)

3 (1.9)

3.9 (2.1)

1.5 (1.2) c, d, e

0.000

Pruritus Score

3.4 (1)

3.7 (1.1)

3.2 (0.8)

1.9 (1.4) c, d, e

0.000

  1. The data are presented as the mean (SD). a, b, c, d and e mean P value < 0.005 (Bonferroni corrected)
  2. a = 4.5 mg vs. 1.5 mg, b = 4.5 mg vs. 3 mg, c = 4.5 mg vs. 0 mg, d = 3 mg vs. 0 mg, e = 1.5 mg vs. 0 mg