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. 2020 Jul 6;15:246. doi: 10.1186/s13018-020-01778-4

Table 2.

Pain response in children with LC

Parameters GA (n = 44) GA + BPB (n = 45) P value
Age, years 7.2 ± 1.8 7.2 ± 1.8 0.964
Sex, male/female 34/10 35/10 0.834
Fracture side, L/R 34/10 32/13 0.498
Duration of surgery, min 49.6 ± 6.7 48.9 ± 7.0 0.633
Tourniquet 0 0 > 0.999
FLACC in PACU 6.2 ± 0.8 1.6 ± 0.5 < 0.001*
Analgesic in PACU 44 (100%) 0 < 0.001*
FPS-R, patient 5.1 ± 1.0 3.4 ± 1.0 < 0.001*
NRS, caregiver 3.8 ± 0.8 2.3 ± 0.5 < 0.001*
FLACC in ward 3.1 ± 0.9 1.9 ± 0.5 < 0.001*
Wake from sleeping, times 0 0 27 (60.0%) < 0.001*
1 0 7 (15.6%)
2 10 (22.7%) 11 (24.4%)
≥ 3 34 (87.3%) 0
Call nurse/doctor, times 0 9 (20.5%) 24 (53.3%) < 0.001*
1 6 (13.6%) 14 (31.1%)
2 16 (36.4%) 7 (15.6%)
≥ 3 13 (29.5%) 0
Oral ibuprofen, times 0 0 45 (100%) < 0.001*
1 0 0
2 19 (43.2%) 0
≥ 3 25 (56.8%) 0
Additional analgesic 17 (38.6%) 4 (8.9%) < 0.001*

PACU postanesthesia care unit; FLACC Face, Leg, Activity, Cry, and Consolability; FPS-R Faces Pain Scale-Revised; NRS numeric rate scale

Data shown as mean ± SD or n (%)

* < 0.05