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Table 5 Pain response in children with cubitus varus

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

Parameters

GA (n = 23)

GA + BPB (n = 22)

P value

Age, years

8.3 ± 1.4

6.8 ± 1.8

0.004*

Sex, male/female

12/11

15/7

0.128

Fracture side, L/R

16/7

16/6

0.843

Duration of surgery, min

58.6 ± 6.1

61.8 ± 6.3

0.097

Tourniquet

23 (100%)

22 (100%)

> 0.99

FLACC in PACU

6.7 ± 0.7

2.1 ± 0.7

< 0.001*

Analgesic in PACU

23 (100%)

12 (54.5%)

< 0.001*

FPS-R, patient

5.5 ± 0.8

3.9 ± 1.1

< 0.001*

NRS, caregiver

4.8 ± 0.5

2.7 ± 0.5

< 0.001*

FLACC in ward

3.9 ± 0.7

2.1 ± 0.7

< 0.001*

Wake from sleeping, times

0

0

3 (13.6%)

< 0.001*

1

0

7 (31.8%)

2

4 (17.4%)

12 (54.5%)

≥ 3

19 (82.6%)

0

Call nurse/doctor, times

0

2 (8.7%)

10 (45.5%)

0.002*

1

7 (30.4%)

10 (45.5%)

2

8 (34.8%)

2 (9.1%)

≥ 3

6 (26.1%)

0

Oral ibuprofen, times

0

0

4 (18.2%)

< 0.001*

1

0

9 (40.9%)

2

6 (26.1%)

9 (40.9%)

≥ 3

17 (73.9%)

0

Additional analgesic

17 (73.9%)

6 (27.3%)

< 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