Sublingual Sufentanil vs. Intravenous Fentanyl for the Treatment of Acute Postoperative Pain in the Ambulatory Surgery Center: A Randomized Clinical Trial

Table 1

Demographics.

	Fentanyl (median (IQR) or N (%)) N = 40	Sublingual sufentanil median (IQR) or N (%) N = 35
Male	16 (40.0%)	13 (37.1%)
Age (years)	37.0 (22.8, 53.8)	52.0 (32.5, 62.0)
Weight (kilograms)	77.4 (68.9, 97.6)	79.4 (69.0, 98.7)
BMI (kg/m^2)	29.9 (24.3, 33.6)	28.3 (24.3, 31.6)
Surgical duration (minutes)	76.5 (33.0, 113.3)	45.0 (31.0, 68.5)
ASA I	14 (35.0%)	12 (34.3%)
ASA II	21 (52.5%)	15 (42.9%)
ASA III	5 (12.5%)	8 (22.9%)

IQR: interquartile range, kg: kilogram, m: meters, N: number of patients. Mann–Whitney nonparametric U test and Fisher’s exact test was used to compare groups for continuous and categorical measures, respectively.