Table 4: Post-operative sedation score, period of micturition and adjacent effects assessment.

Variables

Ketamine

(N=30)

Bupivacaine

(N=30)

t-test

Outcome of ketamine respect to Bupivacaine

Mean±SD

95% CI

Sedation score, Mean±SD

3.6±1.0

2.6±1.0

<0.001*

-1.0±0.3

-1.5–-0.5

Time to first micturition (hours), Mean±SD

16.6±2.1

24.5±3.7

<0.001*

-7.8±0.8

-9.4–-6.3

Time to spontaneous eye opening (minutes), Mean±SD

3.4±1.2

3.0±1.1

0.208

0.4±0.3

-0.2–0.9

 

 

 

 

RR

95% CI

Nausea, (n, %)

2 (6.7%)

7 (23.3%)

§0.154

0.29

0.06-1.26

Vomiting, (n, %)

2 (6.6%)

4 (13.3%)

§0.512

0.34

0.05-4.04

Headache, (n, %)

4 (13.3%)

8 (26.6%)

#0.063

0.43

0.11-1.32