Table 3. Time Until the Administration of the First Rescue Analgesic Medication and the Total Dose of Morphine in the First 24 Hours^a.

	Morphine	Dexmedetomidine	P-Value
Postoperative analgesic duration (min)	414 ± 54	636 ± 112.2	< 0.001
Morphine consumption (mg)	1.4 ± 1	1 ± 0.9	0.27

^a Data are expressed as Mean ± SD.