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Table 2 Incidence of postoperative pain

From: The length of stay in the post-anaesthesia care unit correlates with pain intensity, nausea and vomiting on arrival

  

Pain on admittance,n(%)

Pain before discharge,n(%)

  

NRS 0

NRS 1–4

NRS 5–10

NRS 0

NRS 1–4

NRS 5–10

Gender

Women

4,085 (69)

1,528 (26)

279 (5)

5,029 (85)

857 (15)

6 (0)*

Men

4,775 (76)

1,268 (20)

270 (4)**

5,539 (88)

770 (12)

4 (0)*,**

Age

<40 years

801 (61)

416 (32)

95 (7)

1,030 (78)

281 (21)

1 (1)*

40–80 years

5,789 (72)

1,850 (23)

370 (5)**

6,915 (86)

1,087 (14)

7 (0)*

>80 years

2,244 (78)

530 (19)

84 (3)**

2,597 (91)

259 (9)

2 (0)*,**

ASA classification

ASA I

1,370 (69)

510 (26)

98 (5)

1,644 (83)

332 (17)

2 (0)*

ASA II

4,008 (73)

1,246 (23)

253 (4)**

4,763 (86)

768 (14)

3 (0)*,**

ASA III

3,375 (74)

1,009 (22)

194 (4)**

4,066 (89)

508 (11)

4 (0)*,**

ASA IV

81 (70)

31 (27)

4 (3)

96 (83)

19 (16)

1 (1)*

Surgical specialities

General surgery

4,872 (67)

1,961 (27)

404 (6)

6,081 (84)

1,151 (16)

5 (0)*

Cardiac surgery

561 (84)

96 (14)

10 (2)

620 (93)

47 (7)

0 (0)*,**

Orthopaedic surgery

433 (64)

194 (29)

48 (7)**

548 (81)

127 (19)

0 (0)*,**

Spine surgery

403 (67)

155 (26)

45 (7)

499 (83)

102 (17)

2 (0)*

Urology

1,357 (86)

198 (12)

29 (2)**

1,496 (94)

88 (6)

3 (0)*,**

Ophthalmology

1,102 (87)

160 (13)

5 (0)**

1,188 (94)

79 (6)

0 (0)*,**

ENT surgery

120 (82)

25 (17)

1 (1)**

131 (90)

15 (10)

0 (0)*,**

Anaesthetic technique

MAC

391 (89)

42 (10)

3(1)**

404 (93)

32 (7)

0 (0)*,**

Peripheral RA

64 (84)

12 (16)

0 (0)**

71 (93)

5 (7)

0 (0)*

Central neuraxial RA

973 (92)

62 (7)

13 (1)**

966 (92)

82 (8)

0 (0)*,**

General anaesthesia

6,220 (69)

2,303 (26)

456 (5)

7,692 (85)

1,280 (15)

7 (0)

Combined anaesthesia

1,187 (73)

377 (23)

68 (4)

1,411 (86)

228 (14)

1 (0)*

Duration of anaesthesia

<60 min

162 (83)

30 (15)

4 (2)

176 (90)

20 (10)

0 (0)*

60–180 min

6,042 (77)

1,610 (20)

236 (3)

6,973 (88)

909 (12)

6 (0)*

>180 min

2,630 (64)

1,156 (28)

309 (8)**

3,393 (83)

698 (17)

4 (0)*,**

Intensity of nursing care

PACU

7,288 (66)

1,986 (21)

329 (5)

8,417 (88)

1,181 (12)

5 (0)*

IMC

1,583 (62)

778 (30)

215 (8)**

2,146 (83)

427 (17)

3 (0)*,**

  1. ASA classification American Society of Anesthesiologists’ classification, ENT ear-nose-throat, IMC intermediate care (more complex, intermediate care patients, NEMS >15), MAC monitored anaesthesia care, NRS numeric rating scale, PACU post-anaesthesia care unit (regular post-anaesthesia care unit patients, NEMS ≤15), RA regional anaesthesia.
  2. *p <0.05 (comparison admittance-discharge), **p <0.05 (gender: comparison with women; age: comparison with age <40 years; ASA classification: comparison with ASA I; surgical specialities: comparison with general surgery; anaesthetic technique: comparison with general anaesthesia; duration of anaesthesia: comparison with duration <60 min; intensity of nursing: comparison with PACU).
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