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. 2020 Aug 26;50(5):1236–1246. doi: 10.3906/sag-2001-26

Table 3.

Postoperative chest radiographic abnormalities.

Parameters Group P
(n = 69)
Group S
(n = 90)
P value Effect size
Chest radiographic changes on aeration 30 (43.5%) 24 (26.7%) 0.013* 0.35
Changes developed on Operated lung 18 (26.1%) 14 (15.6%) 0.359 0.14
Ventilated lung 7 (10.1%) 8 (8.9%)
Both lungs 1 (1.4%) 2 (2.2%)
Pleural effusion 29 (42.0%) 33 (36.7%) 0.245 0.11
Haemothorax 3 (4.3%) 0 (0.0%) 0.080 0.16
Pneumonia with overt symptoms and signs 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) - -

Data are expressed as the number of patients (percentile). Group P: patients who received pyridostigmine as the reversal agent. Group S: patients who received sugammadex as the reversal agent. Postoperative pain was counted when the measured score was over 3 using the numerical rating scale. Postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) were counted as follows from the nursing care records and antiemetics administration history. *: indicates 2-sided P value < 0.05. Effect size: