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

Table 5

Sedation scores, adverse effects, and lengths of hospital stay of the two groups.

Data	No or mild pain (NRS 0–3; n = 25)	Moderate to severe pain (NRS 4–10; n = 72)	value
Sedation score			0.601
0	23 (92.0%)	69 (95.8%)
1	2 (8.0%)	3 (4.2%)
2	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)
Respiratory depression	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)
PONV			0.654
0	18 (72.0%)	56 (77.8%)
1	7 (28.0%)	15 (20.8%)
2	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.4%)
Pruritus			0.320
0	24 (96%)	64 (88.9%)
1	0 (0.0%)	6 (8.3%)
2	1 (4.0%)	2 (2.8%)
LOS	5.08 ± 1.15	5.14 ± 1.04	0.813

indicates statistical significance. Values are given as n (%) or mean ± standard deviation. Abbreviations: PONV, postoperative nausea and vomiting; LOS, length of hospital stay.