From: Dexamethasone and postoperative analgesia in minimally invasive thoracic surgery: a retrospective cohort study
Dexamethasone
Control
p value
(n = 46)
(n = 24)
Static NRS
1 h
1.89
1.83
0.65
24 h
1.59
1.67
0.13
Dynamic NRS
2.49
2.67
0.82
2.69
2.58
0.76
Cough NRS
3.11
3.21
0.98
3.63
3.54
0.56