Table 2.
Medicines used after surgery in the intervention and control group
| Control group Mean (SD) | Intervention Group Mean (SD) | Independent t-test |
Confidence Interval |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| t | df | p | Lower | Upper | |||
| Dextrose 33.3% and Sodium chloride 0.3% (mL*) | 1265.62 (567.74) | 1531.25 (564.40) | 2.10 | 62.00 | 0.053 | 13.98 | 579.76 |
| Ringer (mL*) | 1484.38 (641.12) | 1593.75 (787.37) | 0.96 | 62.00 | 0.506 | -186.93 | 530.68 |
| Cefazolin (mg**) | 547.00 (2.89) | 600.00 (2.64) | 0.77 | 62.00 | 0.446 | -0.85 | 1.91 |
| Gentamicin (mg**) | 150.40 (2.36) | 141.60 (2.36) | -0.16 | 62.00 | 0.875 | -1.27 | 1.08 |
| Enoxaparin (U***) | 4000.00 (4428.64) | 3000.00 (3801.52) | -0.97 | 62.00 | 0.336 | -3062.44 | 1062.44 |
| Morphine (mg**) | 7.19 (7.29) | 3.87 (4.95) | -2.11 | 61.00 | 0.039 | -6.46 | -0.16 |
| Pethidine (mg**) | 71.88 (85.13) | 34.06 (42.49) | -2.25 | 62.00 | 0.028 | -71.43 | -4.18 |
| Methadone (mg**) | 0.00 (0.00) | 0.31 (1.76) | 1.00 | 62.00 | 0.321 | -0.31 | 0.93 |
| Diclofenac suppository (mg**) | 56.31 (98.13) | 9.38 (39.01) | -2.51 | 62.00 | 0.015 | -84.25 | -9.62 |
| Paracetamol (mg**) | 1.97 (2.49) | 1.97 (2.30) | 0.00 | 62.00 | 1.00 | -1.20 | 1.20 |
| Acetaminophen Tablet (mg**) | 890.62 (1029.67) | 640.62 (1071.88) | -0.95 | 62.00 | 0.345 | -775.22 | 275.22 |
Milliliter*, milligram**, Unit***