TABLE 5.
Mental Status Assessment | Lidocaine Group
|
Epidural Group
|
P | ||||||
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Day 1
|
Day 2
|
Day 3
|
Day 4
|
Day 1
|
Day 2
|
Day 3
|
Day 4
|
||
(n = 107) | (n = 99) | (n = 60) | (n = 35) | (n = 105) | (n = 103) | (n = 92) | (n = 70) | ||
Awake/Alert | 105 | 93 | 56 | 34 | 93 | 99 | 89 | 68 | 0.999 |
Confused | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0.641 |
Somnolent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.900 |
Arouses with stimulation | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0.024 |
Difficult to arouse | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.142 |
Unresponsive | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.852 |