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Table 3 Postoperative morphine consumption

From: Comparing parecoxib and ketorolac as preemptive analgesia in patients undergoing posterior lumbar spinal fusion: a prospective randomized double-blinded placebo-controlled trial

Post operative morphine consumption at each time point

Postoperative hours (hr)

Morphine (mg)

Control

Ketorolac

Parecoxib

P

8

5.5 ± 1.9

5.3 ± 2.6

5.2 ± 2.3

0.86

16

5.7 ± 3.2

5.8 ± 4.2

4.9 ± 2.7

0.53

24

5.1 ± 5.4

6.4 ± 7

4.9 ± 4.6

0.55

Total

14.9 ± 9.3

16.4 ± 12.3

14.8 ± 8.1

0.79

  1. The values are given as mean and standard deviation.