Research Article

Risk Factors for Moderate to Severe Pain during the First 24 Hours after Laparoscopic Bariatric Surgery While Receiving Intravenous Patient-Controlled Analgesia

Table 1

Pain scores during the first 24 hours after laparoscopic bariatric surgery (n = 97).

Pain dataNo or mild pain (NRS 0–3)Moderate to severe pain (NRS 4–10)

Recorded by the acute pain service
 Pain at rest65 (67.0%)32 (33.0%)
 Pain during movement23 (23.7%)74 (76.3%)
Recorded by the ward nursing staff25 (25.8%)72 (74.2%)

Values are given as n (%). Abbreviation: NRS, numeric rating scale.