Clinical Study

Influence of a New “Call-Out Algorithm” for Management of Postoperative Pain and Its Side Effects on Length of Stay in Hospital: A Two-Centre Prospective Randomized Trial

Table 3

Demographics, anthropometrics, and clinical characteristics of patients () included in the study at the University Hospital of Krasnodar.

VariablesESS ()VNRS ()Control () value

Age: mean ± SD55.2 ± 14.755.1 ± 15.656 ± 14.9
BMI: mean ± SD28 ± 1727.8 ± 5.925.1 ± 4.5
Gender
 Male: (%)69 (38.2%)69 (36.4%)49 (48%)
 Female: (%)112 (61.8%)121 (63.6%)53 (51.9%)
ASA classification: (%)
 ASA I8 (4.4%)11 (5.7%)26 (25.5%)
 ASA II99 (54.6%)100 (52.6%)53 (51.9%)
 ASA III72 (39.7%)78 (41%)22 (21.6%)
 ASA IV2 (1.1%)2 (1%)1 (0.9%)
Type of surgery: (%)
 Abdominal115 (63.5%)125 (65.7%)61 (59.8%)
 Endocrine29 (16%)18 (9.4%)5 (4.9%)
 Gynaecology19 (10.4%)9 (4.7%)12 (11.7%)
 Urology13 (7.1%)18 (9.4%)16 (15.6%)
 Vascular5 (2.7%)20 (10.5%)8 (7.8%)
Type of anaesthesia: (%)
 Sevo + fentanyl100 (55.2%)103 (54.2%)38 (37.2%)
 Sevo + fentanyl + EDA77 (42.5%)68 (35.7%)45 (44.1%)
 SA ± EDA7 (3.8%)/6 (3.3%)15 (7.8%)/7 (3.6%)14 (13.7%)/4 (3.9%)
 TIVA3 (1.6%)2 (1%)5 (4.9%)

; square analysis. Sevo: sevoflurane; EDA: epidural anaesthesia; SA: spinal anaesthesia.; TIVA: total intravenous anaesthesia.