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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Anesthesiology. 2008 Sep;109(3):491–501. doi: 10.1097/ALN.0b013e318182a4a3

Table 3.

Oral Opioid Requirements and Sleep Disturbances

Oral Opioid,* mg
Difficulty Sleeping, Subjects per Group
At Least One Awakening, Subjects per Group
Postoperative Day/Night Ropivacaine Group Placebo Group Ropivacaine Group Placebo Group Ropivacaine Group Placebo Group
Because each comparison dilutes all other P values, we restricted our analysis to 11 comparisons among secondary endpoints. For this reason, no statistical comparisons were applied to the data of this table.
0 0 (0-0) 0 (0-0) 3 6 3 6
1 20 (5-30) 20 (25-30) 3 2 3 2
2 10 (0-25) 20 (10-30) 1 3 1 4
3 0 (0-5) 5 (0-30) 4 3 4 3
4 0 (0-15) 10 (0-20) 4 7 4 7
5 10 (5-25) 10 (0-20) 4 3 3 3
6 10 (5-20) 10 (0-15)
*

Values are reported as median (25th-75th percentiles) for nonparametric data. Includes only immediate-release oxycodone provided for breakthrough pain for the previous 24 h as of 18:00 each day, with the exception of postoperative day 0, which includes only the postanesthesia care unit (recovery room).

As a result of surgical pain.

Data not collected.