Table 3.

Recovery profiles.

	Control group (n = 32)	Patch group (n = 31)	P value
In PACU
Nausea	26/0/1/5	21/3/2/5	0.323
Vomiting	2 (6%)	2 (7%)	> 0.999
Patient requesting antiemetics	7 (22%)	8 (26%)	0.714
Patient requesting analgesic	25 (78%)	25 (81%)	0.805
Rescue fentanyl dose (μg)	57 (11–68)	54 (46–67)	0.803
Duration of PACU stay (min)	40 (30–50)	40 (40–50)	0.190
At ward
Complications
Fever	5 (16%)	3 (10%)	0.708
Urinary retention	2 (6%)	1 (3%)	> 0.999
Nausea	8 (25%)	4 (13%)	0.222
Vomiting	3 (9%)	2 (7%)	> 0.999
Hypotension	0	1 (3%)	0.492
Patient requesting antiemetics	2 (6%)	3 (10%)	0.672
Patient requesting analgesic	17 (53%)	19 (61%)	0.513
Hospital stay after surgery (day)	1 (1–2)	1 (1–1)	0.468

Values are presented as median (interquartile range) or number (%).

PACU post-anesthesia care unit.