Pain Research and Management / 2017 / Article / Tab 3 / 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.
Variables ESS ( ) VNRS ( ) Control ( ) valueAge: mean ± SD 55.2 ± 14.7 55.1 ± 15.6 56 ± 14.9 BMI: mean ± SD 28 ± 17 27.8 ± 5.9 25.1 ± 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 I 8 (4.4%) 11 (5.7%) 26 (25.5%) ASA II 99 (54.6%) 100 (52.6%) 53 (51.9%) ASA III 72 (39.7%) 78 (41%) 22 (21.6%) ASA IV 2 (1.1%) 2 (1%) 1 (0.9%) Type of surgery: (%) Abdominal 115 (63.5%) 125 (65.7%) 61 (59.8%) Endocrine 29 (16%) 18 (9.4%) 5 (4.9%) Gynaecology 19 (10.4%) 9 (4.7%) 12 (11.7%) Urology 13 (7.1%) 18 (9.4%) 16 (15.6%) Vascular 5 (2.7%) 20 (10.5%) 8 (7.8%) Type of anaesthesia: (%) Sevo + fentanyl 100 (55.2%) 103 (54.2%) 38 (37.2%) Sevo + fentanyl + EDA 77 (42.5%) 68 (35.7%) 45 (44.1%) SA ± EDA 7 (3.8%)/6 (3.3%) 15 (7.8%)/7 (3.6%) 14 (13.7%)/4 (3.9%) TIVA 3 (1.6%) 2 (1%) 5 (4.9%)
; square analysis. Sevo: sevoflurane; EDA: epidural anaesthesia; SA: spinal anaesthesia.; TIVA: total intravenous anaesthesia.