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Table 2 Patient pain intensity expressed by VAS at the 4, 8, 12 and 24 h after surgery

From: Survey of postoperative pain control in different types of hospitals: a multicenter observational study

VAS

Mean (CI)

Moderate pain N (%)

Severe pain N (%)

4-h

34 (32–36)

221 (39.32)

111 (19.75)

8-h

32 (30–34)

187 (33.27)

81 (14.41)

12-h

27 (25–29)

135 (24.02)

67 (11.92)

24-h

25 (23–27)

116 (20.64)

48 (8.54)

  1. VAS visual-analogue scale, CI confidence interval. Moderate and severe data are given as N and (%)
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BMC Anesthesiology

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