Cardiovascular changes, laboratory findings and pain scores in calves undergoing ultrasonography-guided bilateral rectus sheath block before herniorrhaphy: a prospective randomized clinical trial

Table 2 Average serum cortisol levels detected in calves receiving (group receiving rectus sheath block, RSB) and without receiving ultrasound-guided RSB (control group, CG) at different time-intervals

ng nanograms, mL millilitres, min minutes; -150 min 150 min pre-surgery, IND-t induction time, SKI-t skin incision, EP-t end of surgical procedures, + 30 min 30 min post-surgery, +45 min 45 min post-surgery, +60 min 60 min post-surgery, +120 min 120 min post-surgery, +360 min 360 min post-surgery; a,bP = 0.003; c,dP = 0.004; e,fP = 0.005

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