Table 2.

Analgesic usage and pain managements

Variables	Morbidly obese, n = 183	Super morbidly obese, n = 96	P value
VAS at PACU entry	2.59 ± 1.62	2.43 ± 1.53	0.558
VAS at PACU discharge	1.86 ± 1.07	1.70 ± 1.02	0.176
Total morphine equivalent intra operative and PACU	10.5 ± 4.5	10.6 ± 4.4	0.878
Total morphine equivalent at first 24 h	22.6 ± 9.6	23.8 ± 8.7	0.76
Intra operative fentanyl consumption (μ/kg)	1.67 ± 0.75	1.43 ± 0.63	0.004
Intra operative fentanyl consumption (μ/LBM)	3.19 ± 1.40	3.05 ± 1.39	0.409
End of surgery morphine consumption (mg/kg)	0.08 ± 0.02	0.06 ± 0.02	0.001
End of surgery morphine consumption (mg/LBM)	0.71 ± 0.72	0.15 ± 0.14	0.313
PACU tramadol consumption (mg/kg)	0.7479 ± 0.245	0.5660 ± 0.171	0.001
PACU tramadol consumption (mg/LBM)	1.4073 ± 0.476	1.1598 ± 0.345	0.025
PACU Lornoxicam consumption (mg/kg)	0.0966 ± 0.038	0.0878 ± 0.029	0.527
PACU Lornoxicam consumption (mg/LBM)	0.1905 ± 0.062	0.1797 ± 0.064	0.689
Total paracetamol consumption (g/kg)	0.0176 ± 0.003	0.0153 ± 0.004	0.040
Total paracetamol consumption (g/LBM)	0.0331 ± 0.005	0.0326 ± 0.008	0.844

NOTE: total morphine equivalent intra-operative fentanyl, calculated as explained in “Methods” section

Values are means ± SD. P ˂ 0.05 considered statistically significant

PACU, post-anaesthesia care unit; VAS, visual analogue score; IV, intravenous; ICU, intensive care unit; LBM, lean body mass