Table 4.

Comparison of the treatment duration, hospital stay and need to adjunctive therapy in the morphine sulfate versus phenobarbital treated groups

Outcome	Morphine sulfate group	Phenobarbital group	P value
Duration of treatment	8.5 ± 5 (days)	8.5 ± 4 (days)	0.9
(Mean ± SD)	206.3 ± 120 (hours)	204 ± 97 (hours)	(N.S)
Duration of H.S	12.6 ± 5.6 (days)	12.5 ± 5.3 (days)	0.7
(Mean ± SD)	304 ± 136 (hours)	300.5 ± 128 (hours)	(N.S)
Needing Adjunctive Tx	1 (3.3 %)	2 (6.6 %)	0.5
N (%)			(N.S)

S.D: standard deviation, H.S: hospital stay, Tx: therapy, N.S: Non Significant