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. 2022 May 4;235(3):392–400. doi: 10.1097/XCS.0000000000000261

Table 4.

Opioid-Related Complications

Characteristic Total
n = 233
None
n = 85
ITM
N = 115
ITM+TAP
n = 33
Naloxone administration 5 (2.2) 3 (3.5) 1 (0.9) 1 (3.0)
Respiratory failure 9 (3.9) 3 (3.5) 4 (3.5) 2 (6.1)
Ileus 62 (26.6) 21 (24.7) 33 (28.7) 8 (24.2)
Delayed gastric emptying 36 (15.5) 12 (14.1) 19 (16.5) 5 (15.2)

Data presented as n (%).

Analgesia cohorts are compared using chi-square test. An exact test is used when any expected cell size is <5.

ITM, intrathecal morphine; TAP, transversus abdominus plane block.