Clinical Study

Insufflation with Humidified and Heated Carbon Dioxide in Short-Term Laparoscopy: A Double-Blinded Randomized Controlled Trial

Table 2

Results.

Intervention groupControl groupDifference between medians Significance
(95% confidence interval)

Rest pain 2 h: 5.5 (0–9.3)2 h: 4.6 (0–9.5)2 h: −0.3 (−1.4–0.9)2 h: = 0.592
4 h: 2.7 (0–8.6)4 h: 3.2 (0–8.3)4 h: −0.1 (−0.9–0.8)4 h: = 0.800
6 h: 0.8 (0–8.9)6 h: 1.45 (0–7)6 h: 0.2 (−0.4–0.7)6 h: = 0.499
24 h: 0.75 (0–6.3)24 h: 0.6 (0–7.6)24 h: −0.1 (−0.6–0.2)24 h: = 0.487
48 h: 0 (0–2.5)48 h: 0 (0–4.5)48 h: 0 (0)48 h: = 0.641
Total: 10.2 (0–31.7)Total: 11.1 (1.4–28.0)Total: 0.05 (−2.8–3.1)Total: = 0.977

Movement pain2 h: 4.9 (0–9.6)2 h: 4.6 (0–9.8)2 h: −0.3 (−1.4–0.9)2 h: = 0.608
4 h: 3.7 (0–8.6)4 h: 3.8 (0–8.7)4 h: −0.2 (−1.2–0.9)4 h: = 0.779
6 h: 2.2 (0–8.9)6 h: 2.3 (0–8.8)6 h: −0.1 (−0.9–0.6)6 h: = 0.749
24 h: 2.35 (0–8.4)24 h: 2.5 (0–8.4)24 h: 0.2 (−0.5–1.3)24 h: = 0.539
48 h: 0.3 (0–5.1)48 h: 0.5 (0–5.1)48 h: 0 (−0.1–0.3)48 h: = 0.562
Total: 14.2 (0.5–28.3)Total: 13.65 (0.4–33.7)Total: 0.7 (−3.1–4.2)Total: = 0.719

Shoulder-tip pain2 h: 0 (0–2.7)2 h: 0 (0–8.7)2 h: 0 (0)2 h: = 0.278
Mean: 0.13Mean: 0.65
4 h: 0 (0–5.4)4 h: 0 (0–3.6)4 h: 0 (0)4 h: = 0.235
Mean: 0.21Mean: 0.23
6 h: 0 (0–2.4)6 h: 0 (0–7.2)6 h: 0 (0)6 h:
Mean: 0.09Mean: 0.45 Upper side = 0.008
Two-sided = 0.016
24 h: 0 (0–8.3)24 h: 0 (0–10)24 h: 0 (0)24 h: = 0.538
Mean: 1.24Mean: 1.61
48 h: 0 (0–8.4)48 h: 0.1 (0–10)48 h: 0 (0–0.4)48 h: = 0.155
Mean: 1.23Mean: 1.62
Total: Total: Total: Total:
0.35 (0–11.2)1.6 (0–24.4)0 (0–2.1)Upper side = 0.037
Mean: 2.62Mean: 4.73Two-sided = 0.074

Cough pain2 h: 4.1 (0–9.3)2 h: 5.2 (0–9.7)2 h: 0.2 (−0.9–1.5)2 h: = 0.634
4 h: 3.5 (0–8.9)4 h: 3.0 (0–9.4)4 h: −0.4 (−1.5–0.7)4 h: = 0.489
6 h: 2.4 (0–8.4)6 h: 2.65 (0–9.0)6 h: −0.2 (−1.1–0.8)6 h: = 0.686
24 h: 2.6 (0–8.8)24 h: 2.5 (0–9.3)24 h: 0 (−0.9–1)24 h: = 0.945
48 h: 0.4 (0–8.0)48 h: 0.5 (0–6.9) 48 h: 0 (−0.3–0.3)48 h: = 0.790
Total: 16 (1.9–29.8)Total: 14.65 (1.2–35.1)Total: −0.2 (−4–3.1)Total: = 0.880

Temperature change*−0.1 (−0.7–0.7)−0.1 (−0.7–0.5) = 0.768

Recovery room time130 (70–1440)135 (60–135)0 (−20–20) = 0.994

Length of stay6 (3–9)6 (5–9)0 (0-0) = 0.392

Morphine 10.5 (3.0–45.0)13.5 (0–37.5)3 (0–6)Upper side = 0.027
on operation dayMean: 12.51 Mean: 14.84Two-sided = 0.054

Morphine 7.5 (0–46.5)9 (0–36.0)3 (0–4.5)Upper side = 0.030
24 h postoperativelyMean: 8.59Mean: 11.36Two-sided = 0.061

Morphine0 (0–12.0)0 (0–7.5)0 (0) = 0.896
48 h postoperativelyMean: 0.52Mean: 0.43

Total morphine consumption16.5 (3.0–84.0)24 (0–75)6 (0–10.5)Upper side = 0.0127
Mean: 21.65Mean: 26.62Two-sided = 0.0253

Bolus rejected 2 (0–53)2 (0–31)0 (−1–1) = 0.574
on operation dayMean: 5.02Mean: 4.33

Bolus rejected 0 (0–16)0 (0–13)0 (0)Upper side = 0.016
24 h postoperativelyMean: 0.66 Mean: 1.96Two-sided = 0.032

Bolus rejected 0 (0-1)0 (0-1)0 (0) = 0.523
48 h postoperativelyMean: 0.04Mean: 0.02

Total bolus rejected 2 (0–55)3 (0–37)1 (0–2) = 0.293
Mean: 5.48Mean: 6.31

Values are given as median (range) or mean as stated.
= two-sided if not otherwise stated; upper side = H1: tends to be greater than ; two-sided = H1: tends to be distributed differently to ; = control group.
*ANOVA.