Table III:
Comparative table of the number of opioid pills taken by procedure type. Each pill was standardized to the dose of one 5 mg dose of hydrocodone. IQR = interquartile range.
| Variable | AVF Long (number of subjects) Median # pills used (IQR) |
AVF Short (n) Median (IQR) |
Intra-peritoneal (n) Median (IQR) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | |
| Chronic Pain | (5) 5 (2–6) |
(5) 15 (0–42) |
(32) 1.3 (0–3) |
(10) 5 (1.3–7.9) |
(3) 4 (3.5–7) |
(3) 6 (4.5–8) |
| Current Opioid | (7) 6 (3.5–10.5) |
(3) 0 (0–22.5) |
(39) 2 (0–5) |
(3) 5 (2.5–25) |
(4) 5 (3.8–7) |
(2) 6.5 (4.8–8.3) |
| Current Benzo | (10) 5.5 (1.6–12.7) |
(0) | (37) 2 (0–5) |
(5) 0 (0–0) |
(5) 4 (3–10) |
(1) 6 (N/A) |
| Regional Block | (4) 10.5 (5.8–22.5) |
(6) 1.8 (0.4–5) |
(8) 1 (0–4.3) |
(34) 2 (0–5) |
N/A | N/A |
| Complication | (8) 3.5 (1.1–6) |
(2) 30 (22.5–37.5) |
(34) 1.2 (0–3.8) |
(8) 5 (2.5–5.6) |
(6) 5 (3.3–9) |
(0) |
| Pain score > or = to 4 | (5) 2 (1.5–6) |
(5) 6 (5–15) |
(33) 2 (0–5) |
(8) 2.5 (0.8–9.4) |
(5) 4 (3–6) |
(1) 10 |
| Re-operation | (5) 1.5 (0–6) |
(5) 15 (5–42) |
(29) 2 (0–5) |
(13) 1 (0–6) |
(3) 4 (3.5–5) |
(3) 10 (6.5–10) |
| # Pills Given >10 | (3) 6 (6–6) |
(8) 5.5 (1.9–21.8) |
(27) 3 (1–5) |
(15) 2 (0–7) |
(1) 3 (N/A) |
(5) 6 (4–10) |
| Name of Rx | Oxycodone | Hydrocodone | Oxycodone | Hydrocodone | Oxycodone | Hydrocodone |
| (3) 42 (24–43.5) |
(5) 5 (2–6) |
(8) 6.8 (1.1–26) |
(25) 2 (0–4) |
(1) 6 (N/A) |
(5) 4 (3–10) |
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