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