Open AccessCharacteristics of Distribution of Morphine and Metabolites in Cerebrospinal Fluid and Plasma with Chronic Intrathecal Morphine Infusion in Humans
Author(s) -
Mark S. Wallace,
Tony L. Yaksh
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
anesthesia and analgesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.404
H-Index - 201
eISSN - 1526-7598
pISSN - 0003-2999
DOI - 10.1213/ane.0b013e3182645dfd
Subject(s) - medicine , morphine , intrathecal , cerebrospinal fluid , anesthesia , distribution (mathematics) , mathematical analysis , mathematics
Despite widespread use of chronic intrathecal (IT) infusions of morphine, there is little systematic human work evaluating the steady state morphine concentrations or cerebrospinal (CSF) chemistry after long-term IT morphine delivery. We sought to address these issues in patients receiving chronic IT morphine infusion.
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