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Table 5 Incidence of postoperative nausea and vomiting and rescue antiemetics within 48 h after surgery

From: Dexmedetomidine combined with sufentanil and dezocine-based patient-controlled intravenous analgesia increases female patients’ global satisfaction degree after thoracoscopic surgery

Variable

Group C (n = 71)

Group D (n = 72)

P values

Without nausea and vomiting

28 (39.4%)

55 (76.4%)*

< 0.001

Nausea without vomiting

21 (29.6%)

10 (13.9%)*

0.026

Vomiting≤2 times

10 (14.1%)

3 (4.1%)*

0.046

Vomiting> 2 times

12 (16.9%)

4 (5.6%)*

0.036

Rescue antiemetics

16 (22.5%)

7 (9.7%)*

0.043

  1. Values are numbers (%).
  2. *Statistically significant (P < 0.05)