Acute Pain Burden and Opioid Dose Requirements after Cesarean Delivery in Parturients with Preexisting Chronic Back Pain and Migraine

<table class="table-group" id="tab2"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="4"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left"> </td><td class="align_center">Migraine (<i>n</i> = 465)</td><td class="align_center">Chronic back pain (<i>n</i> = 273)</td><td class="align_center">Migraine and chronic back pain (<i>n</i> = 43)</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="4"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Postoperative opioid dose in MME</td><td class="align_center">60 [23–120]</td><td class="align_center">90 [37–156]</td><td class="align_center">105 [37–171]</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Time-weighted average pain score</td><td class="align_center">3.4 ± 1.4</td><td class="align_center">3.7 ± 1.6</td><td class="align_center">4.1 ± 1.7</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="4"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="table-fn"><td><div>Summary statistics were presented as <i>N</i> (%) of patients, mean ± SD, or median (IQR). SD: standard deviation; IQR: interquartile range; MME: morphine milligram equivalents.<br/></div></td></tr></table>

<div>Opioid dose requirement and time-weighted average pain scores during 48 hours postoperatively.</div>

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Table 2: Acute Pain Burden and Opioid Dose Requirements after Cesarean Delivery in Parturients with Preexisting Chronic Back Pain and Migraine 