Table 3.

Morphine consumption and rescue therapies

	Dexamethasone	Control	p value
	(n = 46)	(n = 24)
Morphine equivalents (mg/kg ABW)
1 h	0.02	0.03	0.19
24 h	0.23	0.32	0.17
Attempted PCA pushes—24 h	24.8	27.6	0.32
Administered PCA pushes—24 h	14.7	14.5	0.94
NSAIDs*	9	6	0.6
Continuous morphine infusion*	0	3	0.01

Values are means or *absolute count; p values are calculated with Wilcoxon rank-sum test or *chi-squared test