Continuous Femoral Nerve Block versus Intravenous Patient Controlled Analgesia for Knee Mobility and Long-Term Pain in Patients Receiving Total Knee Replacement: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Table 6
Doses of analgesic medications of patient controlled analgesia and rescue regimen#.
Analgesic outcomes
CFNB ()
PCIA ()
value
PCA period
Frequency of bolus
2.3 ± 0.8
2.6 ± 0.7
0.003*
Frequency of rescue
0.6 ± 0.8
1.1 ± 1.3
0.002*
Mean doses of rescue medication
Parecoxib (mg)
22.4 ± 28.4
31.5 ± 34.5
0.022*
Tramadol (mg)
5.1 ± 20.7
24.0 ± 42.6
0.000*
Pethidine (mg)
0
0.4 ± 3.2
0.158
Mean doses of rescue medications
Parecoxib (mg)
963.8 ± 479.0
1141.5 ± 259.5
0.000*
Non-PCA period
Paracetamol (mg)
166.3 ± 163.1
219.3 ± 152.9
0.009*
Tramadol (mg)
19.2 ± 18.8
25.3 ± 17.6
0.009*
Flurbiprofen (mg)
7.9 ± 18.3
14.2 ± 22.7
0.016*
Continuous variables were described as mean ± SD and independent -test was used; statistical significance was considered when value <0.05.
