Table 6.

Analgesic use between groups

Variables	Group			P-value
Group Mb (n=53)	Group Hb + i (n=51)	Group Hb (n=53)
Bolus frequency
8 a.m. 1st day postsurgery	2 (1–4)	1 (0–3)	3 (1–4)	0.044
8 p.m. 1st day postsurgery	3 (2–5)	1 (0–3)*	3 (1–4.75)	0.008
8 a.m. 2nd day postsurgery	1 (0–3)	0 (0–2)*	1 (0–2.5)	0.036
Analgesic rescue
8 a.m. 1st day postsurgery				0.37
Yes	18 (34.0%)	11 (21.6%)	14 (26.4%)
No	35 (66.0%)	40 (78.4%)	39 (73.6%)
8 p.m. 1st day postsurgery				0.59
Yes	22 (42.3%)	26 (51.0%)	27 (51.9%)
No	30 (57.7%)	25 (49.0%)	25 (48.1%)
8 a.m. 2nd day postsurgery				0.09
Yes	10 (19.2%)	11 (21.6%)	19 (36.5%)
No	42 (80.8%)	40 (78.4%)	33 (63.5%)

Notes: *P<0.05 in comparison with Group Mb. P<0.05 indicated a significant difference.