Table 3.

Pain score and sedation score presented as median (minimum-maximum) of the 32 animals randomly distributed in the two study groups during the evaluated times.

	Groups	Baseline	1	2	4	6	8
NRS	TBC	0 (0–0)	3 (1–4)*	3 (1–4)*	2(1–4)*	2 (0–3)*	0.5 (0–1)
	TBB	0 (0–0)	2 (1-3)*	2 (1–3)*	1 (0–4)*	1 (0–2)*	0 (0–1)
GCMPS-SF	TBC	1 (0–2)	4 (1–14)*	5 (1–8)*	3.5 (0–11)*	3.5 (1–8)*	1 (0–5)
	TBB	1 (0–2)	3 (0–5)	3 (0–5)	1 (0–6)	1 (0–5)	0 (0–1)
Sedation score	TBC	0 (0–1)	4.5 (3–6)*	4.5 (3–7)*	3 (2–9)*	3.5 (3–5)*	3 (0–3)
	TBB	0 (0–2)	5 (3–8)*	4 (3–7) *	3 (3–5)*	3 (1–3)*	3 (1–3)

GCMPS-SF, Glasgow composite measure pain scale; NRS, numeric rating scale.

^* significantly different from baseline (p < 0.05) 1, 2, 4, 6, and 8 h after extubation.