Multimodal analgesia versus traditional opiate based analgesia after cardiac surgery, a randomized controlled trial

Table 5 Supplemental analgesics

	Multimodal	Morphine	P-value
Supplementary morphine
Number of patients	36	42	NS
Average consumption in mg (mean ± SD)	16.0 ± 17.2	21.6 ± 20.7	NS
Supplementary ibuprofen
Number of patients	12	7	NS
Average consumption in mg (mean ± SD)	667 ± 394	2171 ± 2929	0.091(NS)
Supplementary ketorolac
Number of patients	3	2	NS
Average consumption in mg (mean)	30	30	NS

Number of patients in each group that received additional analgesics, the consumption is for the whole study period, and only for those patients recieving additional analgesics".

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