Regional Anaesthesia Is Associated with Shorter Postanaesthetic Care and Less Pain Than General Anaesthesia after Upper Extremity Surgery

Table 2

Outcome in the two groups.

⁢	RA	GA
	87	100	—
PACU LOS (minutes, median, IQR)	99 (70–136)	171 (115–251)	<0.001
Opiates in PACU, yes/no	0	32%	<0.001
Opiates, mean number of doses in PACU	0	0.53	na
Antiemetics in PACU, yes/no	3%	21%	<0.001
Antiemetics, number of doses in PACU	0.04	0.44	<0.001
Rescue block in PACU, yes/no	0	13%	<0.001
Unplanned stay overnight	0	10%	0.002

PACU, Postanaesthesia Care Unit. LOS, length of stay. Na, not applicable.