EXTRADURAL MORPHINE FOR THE RELIEF OF PAIN FOLLOWING CAESAREAN SECTION

Thirty patients took part in a double-blind trial to compare morphine 10 mg i.m. with morphine 5 mg into the extradural space for pain relief following Caesarean section. With the extradural route the mean time to first analgesia was 7.95h compared with 4.75 h for the i.m. route. The mean number of...

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Published in:British journal of anaesthesia : BJA 1983-12, Vol.55 (12), p.1201-1203
Main Authors: CHAMBERS, W.A., MOWBRAY, A., WILSON, J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Anesthesia
Anesthesia, Epidural
Anesthesia, Obstetrical
Anesthesia. Intensive care medicine. Transfusions. Cell therapy and gene therapy
Biological and medical sciences
Cesarean Section
Epidural Space
Female
Humans
Injections
Injections, Intramuscular
Local anesthesia. Pain (treatment)
Medical sciences
Morphine - administration & dosage
Morphine - therapeutic use
Pain, Postoperative - drug therapy
Pregnancy
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Summary:Thirty patients took part in a double-blind trial to compare morphine 10 mg i.m. with morphine 5 mg into the extradural space for pain relief following Caesarean section. With the extradural route the mean time to first analgesia was 7.95h compared with 4.75 h for the i.m. route. The mean number of further doses of diamorphine 7.5 mg required for pain relief in the first 24h was 1.93 (±0.30) in the i.m. group and 1.46 (± 0.31) in the extradural group. There was a small but definite advantage in the use of the extradural route for the initial dose of morphine. No serious side-effects were noted in either group.
ISSN:0007-0912
1471-6771
DOI:10.1093/bja/55.12.1201