Table 3. In-hospital opioid consumption expressed as oral morphine equivalents.
Oral oxycodone was converted to oral morphine equivalent using a factor of 1.5; IV morphine was converted using a factor of 3.
| Postoperative day | Intravenous morphine (mg) | Oral oxycodone (mg) | Oral morphine equivalents (mg) |
| Day 0 | 6 | 0 | 18 |
| Day 1 | 2 | 10 | 21 |
| Day 2 | 12 | 40 | 96 |
| Day 3 | 2 | 30 | 51 |
| Day 4 | 0 | 20 | 30 |
| Day 5 | 0 | 20 | 30 |
| Total | 22 | 120 | 246 (41 mg /day) |