Table 1. Pain and sedation scores (median and lower-upper range) measured prior to surgery (BL) and at 0.5, 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 18 and 24 hr post-extubation in cats undergoing ovariohysterectomy treated with laser acupuncture (LA, n=10), electroacupuncture (EA, n=10) or no acupuncture treatment (Control, n=10).
| Scale | Group | Time (hr) |
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| BL | 0.5 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 18 | 24 | ||
| IVAS | LA | 0 (0–0) | 20 (5–40) a) | 17 (10–25) a) | 15 (5–30) a) | 10 (5–30) a) | 10 (5–25) | 8.5 (5–30) | 5 (5–15) | 3.5 (5–10) |
| (0–100) | EA | 0 (0–0) | 10 (5–25) a) | 20 (5–40) a) | 12 (5–25) a) | 10 (5–30) a) | 15 (5–20) | 12 (5–30) | 7.5 (5–22) | 5 (5–10) |
| Control | 0 (0–0) | 20 (10–50) a) | 30 (10–0) a) | 27 (10–50) a) | 20 (5–50) a) | 12 (5–40) | 10 (40–5) | 10 (40–5) | 10 (40–5) | |
| MCPS | LA | 0 (0–0) | 5 (1–8) a) | 4.5 (2–7) a) | 3 (1–7) a) | 2 (1–7) a) | 3 (1–6) | 2.5 (1–7) | 1 (1–3) | 1 (1–3) |
| (0–30) | EA | 0 (0–0) | 5.5 (2–7) a) | 4 (1–10) a) | 3.5 (2–7) a) | 3.5 (1–8) a) | 3 (1–6) | 3 (1–5) | 1.5 (1–4) | 2 (1–3) |
| Control | 0 (0–0) | 6 (2–14) a) | 5.5 (3–10) a) | 5 (1–9) a) | 4 (1–11) a) | 1.5 (1–5) | 1.5 (1–6) | 2 (1–5) | 2 (1–5) | |
| Sedation score | LA | 0 (0–0) | 2.5 (1–4) a) | 1.5 (1–3) a) | 1 (1–2) a) | 0.5 (0–1) | 0 (0–0) | 0 (0–0) | 0 (0–0) | 0 (0–0) |
| (0–5) | EA | 0 (0–0) | 2 (1–3) a) | 1 (1–2) a) | 1 (0–1) a) | 0.5 (0–1) | 0 (0–0) | 0 (0–0) | 0 (0–0) | 0 (0–0) |
| Control | 0 (0–0) | 2 (1–4) a) | 1 (1–2) a) | 1 (1–2) a) | 0.3 (0–1) | 0 (0–0) | 0 (0–0) | 0 (0–0) | 0 (0–0) | |
IVAS, Interactive Visual Analogue Scale; MCPS, UNESP-Botucatu Multidimensional Composite Pain Scale. a) Significantly different from baseline (P<0.05).