Assessment of postoperative pain management and comparison of effectiveness of pain relief treatment involving paravertebral block and thoracic epidural analgesia in patients undergoing posterolateral thoracotomy

Wojtyś, Małgorzata Edyta; Wąsikowski, Józef; Wójcik, Norbert; Wójcik, Janusz; Wasilewski, Piotr; Lisowski, Piotr; Grodzki, Tomasz

doi:10.1186/s13019-019-0901-3

Table 3 Results of measurements of arterial blood pressure (systolic (s) and diastolic (d)), pulse, and saturation in both groups on particular days

From: Assessment of postoperative pain management and comparison of effectiveness of pain relief treatment involving paravertebral block and thoracic epidural analgesia in patients undergoing posterolateral thoracotomy

Statistics for dependent groups					t-test	Degrees of freedom	p
Comparison of hemodynamic parameters between particular days after surgery in all patients (both groups altogether)	Mean	N	Standard deviation	Standard error of the mean	t-test	Degrees of freedom	p
a blood pressure-s- (every 4 h) 1st day	120.62	60	12.41	1.60	−0.31	59	.761
a blood pressure-s- (every 4 h) 2nd day	121.18	60	14.87	1.92	−0.31	59	.761
a blood pressure-s- (every 4 h) 1st day	121.15	47	12.81	1.87	−2.32	46	.025
a blood pressure-s- (every 4 h) 3rd day	126.60	47	14.64	2.14	−2.32	46	.025
a blood pressure-s- (every 4 h) 2nd day	120.98	47	15.66	2.28	−2.32	46	.025
a blood pressure-s- (every 4 h) 3rd day	126.60	47	14.64	2.14	−2.32	46	.025
b blood pressure-d- (every 4 h) 1st day	68.07	60	8.31	1.07	−0.67	59	.504
b blood pressure-d- (every 4 h) 2nd day	68.77	60	9.36	1.21	−0.67	59	.504
b blood pressure-d- (every 4 h) 1st day	67.81	47	8.33	1.22	−3.16	46	.003
b blood pressure-d- (every 4 h) 3rd day	72.30	47	9.42	1.37	−3.16	46	.003
b blood pressure-d- (every 4 h) 2nd day	68.00	47	9.85	1.44	−3.04	46	.004
b blood pressure-d- (every 4 h) 3rd day	72.30	47	9.42	1.37	−3.04	46	.004
pulse 1st day	80.87	60	10.59	1.37	−3.39	59	.001
pulse 2nd day	84.31	60	9.30	1.20	−3.39	59	.001
pulse 1st day	80.57	47	10.26	1.50	−2.76	46	.008
pulse 3rd day	84.55	47	9.79	1.43	−2.76	46	.008
pulse 2nd day	83.83	47	9.16	1.34	−0.73	46	.468
pulse 3rd day	84.55	47	9.79	1.43	−0.73	46	.468
SaO2 1st day	97.19	37	1.69	0.28	5.40	36	.000
SaO2 2nd day	95.19	37	2.38	0.39	5.40	36	.000
SaO2 1st day	97.40	15	2.03	0.52	3.08	14	.008
SaO2 3rd day	95.40	15	2.13	0.55	3.08	14	.008
SaO2 2nd day	94.50	10	2.55	0.81	−0.85	9	.415
SaO2 3rd day	95.10	10	2.47	0.78	−0.85	9	.415

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