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Table 2 Pain outcomes extracted from each study

From: What is the impact of dexamethasone on postoperative pain in adults undergoing general anaesthesia for elective abdominal surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Study year

Pain scores

Early rest

Early movement

Intermediate rest

Intermediate movement

Late rest

Late movement

Time to first analgesia

Opioid consumption

PACU LOS

Alghanem 2010 (Alghanem et al., 2010)

Yes

   

Yes

    

Areeruk 2016 (Areeruk et al., 2016)

  

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

 

Yes

 

Badawy 2015 (Badawy & Sakka, 2015)

Yes

 

Yes

 

Yes

 

Yes

Yes

 

Bataille 2016 (Bataille et al., 2016)

Yes

Yes

  

Yes

Yes

   

Batistaki 2019 (Batistaki et al., 2019)

Yes

 

Yes

 

Yes

    

Benevides 2013 (Benevides et al., 2013)

       

Yes

Yes

Bianchin 2007 (Bianchin et al., 2007)

Yes

 

Yes

 

Yes

    

Bilgin 2010 (Bilgin et al., 2010)

  

Yes

      

Bisgaard 2003 (Bisgaard et al., 2003)

       

Yes

Yes

Coloma 2002 (Coloma et al., 2002)

      

Yes

Yes

Yes

Corcoran 2017 (Corcoran et al., 2017)

Yes

Yes

       

De Oliveira 2011 (De Oliveira Jr. et al., 2011b)

Yes

     

Yes

Yes

 

Elhakim 2002 (Elhakim et al., 2002)

    

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

 

Feo 2006 (Feo et al., 2006)

Yes

 

Yes

 

Yes

    

Fukami 2009 (Fukami et al., 2009)

Yes

 

Yes

 

Yes

    

Gautam 2008 (Gautam et al., 2008)

Yes

 

Yes

 

Yes

 

Yes

Yes

 

Hammas 2002 (Hammas et al., 2002)

       

Yes

 

Ionescu 2014 (Ionescu et al., 2014)

       

Yes

 

Jo 2012 (Jo et al., 2012)

Yes

 

Yes

      

Jokela 2009 (Jokela et al., 2009)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

 

Kasagi 2013 (Kasagi et al., 2013)

Yes

 

Yes

      

Kassim 2018 (Kassim et al., 2018)

      

Yes

Yes

 

Ko-iam 2015 (Ko-Iam et al., 2015)

  

Yes

    

Yes

 

Kurz 2015 (Kurz et al., 2015)

Yes

 

Yes

      

Lee 2017 (Lee et al., 2017)

 

Yes

 

Yes

 

Yes

Yes

Yes

 

Lim 2011 (Lim et al., 2011)

Yes

 

Yes

 

Yes

  

Yes

 

Liu 1998 (Liu et al., 1998)

       

Yes

 

Liu 1999 (Liu et al., 1999)

    

Yes

 

Yes

Yes

 

Lopez-Olaondo 1996 (Lopez-Olaondo et al., 1996)

       

Yes

 

Maddali 2003 (Maddali et al., 2003)

  

Yes

      

Mathiesen 2009 (Mathiesen et al., 2009) 

Yes

Yes

  

Yes

Yes

 

Yes

 

McKenzie 1997 (McKenzie et al., 1997)

Yes

   

Yes

  

Yes

 

Murphy 2011 (Murphy et al., 2011)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

   

Yes

Yes

Murphy 2014 (Murphy et al., 2014)

Yes

Yes

     

Yes

Yes

Nesek-Adam 2007 (Nesek-Adam et al., 2007)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

  

Yes

  

Olajumoke 2013 (Olajumoke et al., 2013)

        

Yes

Pan 2008 (Pan et al., 2008)

Yes

 

Yes

 

Yes

  

Yes

Yes

Pauls 2015 (Pauls et al., 2015)

    

Yes

  

Yes

 

Regasa 2020 (Regasa et al., 2020)

       

Yes

 

Rothenberg 1998 (Rothenberg et al., 1998)

  

Yes

    

Yes

Yes

Ryu 2013 (Ryu et al., 2013)

Yes

 

Yes

 

Yes

    

Sanchez-Ledesma 2002 (Sanchez-Ledesma et al., 2002)

Yes

 

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

 

Yes

 

Sanchez-Rodriquez 2010 (Sanchez-Rodriguez et al., 2010)

Yes

 

Yes

 

Yes

    

Shrestha 2014 (Shrestha et al., 2014)

    

Yes

    

Sistla 2009 (Sistla et al., 2009)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

 

Yes

 

Thangaswamy 2010 (Thangaswamy et al., 2010)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

 

Tolver 2012 (Tolver et al., 2012)

  

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

 

Yes

 

Viriyaroj 2008 (Viriyaroj et al., 2015)

Yes

 

Yes

 

Yes

  

Yes

 

Wang 1999 (Wang et al., 1999)

Yes

      

Yes

 

Wang 2000 (Wang et al., 2000)

Yes

      

Yes

 

Wu 2009 (Wu et al., 2009)

Yes

        

Yuksek 2003 (Yuksek et al., 2003)

  

Yes

   

Yes

  
  1. PACU LOS, post-anaesthesia care unit length of stay