Table 3.

Side Effects of Opioids and Use of Antiemetics

Group F, fentanyl 0.5 µg/kg/hr IV; Group R, remifentanil 0.05 µg/kg/min IV for postoperative pain control.

The severity of side effects related to opioid was rated as: 0 = none, 1 = mild, 2 = moderate, 3 = severe and refractory to the treatment.

PACU, postoperative anesthesia care unit; Postop, postoperative; Postinfusion 6 hr, 6 hr after the end of infusion of the study drug; Antiemetics; the number of required antiemetics during the time intervals.

Values are median ± SE.

There were no significant differences between the groups.