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Table 2 Patient VAS and autonomic responses to the two analgesic interventions over the 8-h study period

From: Pain treatment in post-traumatic hip fracture in the elderly: regional block vs. systemic non-steroidal analgesics

 

Baseline

15 min

2 h

8 h

 

A

B

P VALUE

A

B

P VALUE

A

B

P VALUE

A

B

P VALUE

VAS

7.6 ± 0.22

8.5 ± 0.72

0.411 NS

6.24 ± 017

2.9 ±0.16

<0.001

1.78 ± 011

2.3 ±1.16

0.764

2.03 ± 0.12

4.4 ± 0.91

0.083 NS

HR

119.5 ± 2.5

113.1 ± 3.5

0.268 NS

118.2 ± 2.4

111.2 ± 2.3

0.096 NS

88.7 ± 1.8

82.4 ± 1.1

0.01

79.2 ± 1.2

85.3 ± 1.2

0.005

RR

21.2 ± 0.65

23 ± 1.10

0.532 NS

20.4 ± 0.52

22.4 ± 0.33

0.006

19.2 ± 0.44

20.8 ± 0.56

0.091 NS

18.9 ± 0.38

19.1 ± 0.23

0.696 NS

MAP

110 ± 1.5

108 ± 1.90

0.282 NS

112 ± 1.4

112 ± 1.6

1 NS

109 ± 1.4

110 ± 1.2

0.66 NS

110 ± 1.5

109 ± 1.4

0.697 NS