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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Anesthesiology. 2009 Sep;111(3):625–631. doi: 10.1097/ALN.0b013e3181acf7e6

Table 4.

Hydromorphone Dose by Delirium on POD 2 Adjusted for Current Pain at Rest, Preoperative Narcotic Use, Surgery Risk, and Use of Other Medications with CNS Effects

Adjusted Means
No Delirium on POD 2 (n = 202) Delirium on POD 2 (n = 120) P-value
Hydromorphone dose on POD 2 (mg) 1.25±0.67 2.24±0.71 0.02
Hydromorphone dose on POD 3(mg) 0.75±0.70 1.62±0.74 0.06