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Table 4 Pain response in children with supracondylar fractures

From: One additional shot of brachial plexus block equates to less postoperative pain for younger children with elbow surgeries

Parameters

GA (n = 60)

GA + BPB (n = 60)

P value

Age, years

6.4 ± 1.9

7.5 ± 1.7

0.002*

Sex, male/female

38/22

36/24

0.658

Fracture side, L/R

35/25

35/25

> 0.999

Duration of surgery, min

44.0 ± 9.2

43.5 ± 7.9

0.752

Tourniquet

0

0

> 0.999

FLACC in PACU

6.0 ± 0.8

1.6 ± 0.5

< 0.001*

Analgesic in PACU

45 (75.0%)

0

< 0.001*

FPS-R, patient

5.6 ± 1.1

3.4 ± 1.0

< 0.001*

NRS, caregiver

4.1 ± 0.8

2.4 ± 0.5

< 0.001*

FLACC in ward

3.1 ± 0.9

1.9 ± 0.6

< 0.001*

Wake from sleeping, times

0

0

28 (46.7%)

< 0.001*

1

27 (45.0%)

21 (35.0%)

2

26 (43.3%)

11 (18.3%)

≥ 3

7 (11.7%)

0

Call nurse/doctor, times

0

25 (41.7%)

36 (60.0%)

0.067

1

17 (28.3%)

16 (26.7%)

2

15 (25.0%)

8 (13.3%)

≥ 3

3 (5.0%)

0

Oral ibuprofen, times

0

0

60 (100%)

< 0.001*

1

44 (73.3%)

0

2

16 (26.7%)

0

≥ 3

0

0

Additional analgesic

15 (25.0%)

0

< 0.001*

  1. PACU postanesthesia care unit; FLACC Face, Leg, Activity, Cry, and Consolability; FPS-R Faces Pain Scale-Revised; NRS numeric rate scale
  2. Data shown as mean ± SD or n (%)
  3. * < 0.05