Table 3.
Postoperative Adverse Effects
| E-PCA (n = 47) |
dIV-PCA (n = 54) |
IV- PCA (n = 52) |
P value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sedation scores | 0(0-0) | 0(0-1) | 0(0-1) | 0.41 |
| Nausea | 5 | 6 | 7 | 0.904 |
| Dizziness | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0.594 |
| Headache | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0.056 |
| Hypotensive episode | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0.354 |
| Urinary retention | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0.653 |
Data are presented as median (interquartile range) or number of patients. Level of sedation; 0 = fully awake, 1= drowsy/closed eyes, 2 = asleep/easily aroused with light tactile stimulation or a simple verbal command, 3 = asleep/arousable only by strong physical stimulation, and 4 = unarousable.