Table 2.
Postoperative rescue analgesia and intravenous patient-controlled analgesia.
| Control (n = 47) |
Pregabalin (n = 46) |
P-Value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Numbers of patients who received rescue analgesics | |||
| 0–12 h | 21 (44.7) | 13 (28.3) | 0.100 |
| 12–24 h | 14 (29.8) | 11 (23.9) | 0.523 |
| 24–36 h | 10 (21.3) | 8 (17.4) | 0.635 |
| IV-PCA use | |||
| Cumulative volume of PCA, mL | |||
| 0–6 h | 34.9 ± 5.6 | 32.9 ± 5.1 | 0.089 |
| 0–12 h | 70.1 ± 12.2 | 66.5 ± 11.5 | 0.150 |
| 0–24 h | 134.1 ± 27.3 | 125.0 ± 28.8 | 0.134 |
| Cumulative number of bolus given | |||
| 0–6 h | 5.5 ± 2.8 | 4.5 ± 2.6 | 0.079 |
| 0–12 h | 11.1 ± 6.2 | 9.3 ± 5.8 | 0.165 |
| 0–24 h | 19.2 ± 13.9 | 16.2 ± 11.1 | 0.274 |
Data are presented as the mean ± standard deviation and numbers (%). IV-PCA, intravenous patient-controlled analgesia.