Patient-controlled epidural analgesia with fentanyl and bupivacaine provides better analgesia than intravenous morphine patient-controlled analgesia for early thoracotomy pain | Zendy

B.K. Behera | Zendy; G. D. Puri | Zendy; Babita Ghai | Zendy

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Patient-controlled epidural analgesia with fentanyl and bupivacaine provides better analgesia than intravenous morphine patient-controlled analgesia for early thoracotomy pain

Author(s) -

B.K. Behera,

G. D. Puri,

Babita Ghai

Publication year - 2008

Publication title -

journal of postgraduate medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.405

H-Index - 52

eISSN - 0972-2823

pISSN - 0022-3859

DOI - 10.4103/0022-3859.40772

Subject(s) - medicine , anesthesia , fentanyl , bupivacaine , nausea , analgesic , thoracotomy , morphine , sedation , vomiting , surgery

Intravenous patient-controlled analgesia (IVPCA) and patient-controlled epidural analgesia (PCEA) were studied in terms of analgesic efficacy, respiratory function and side effects after thoracic surgery for 24h. PCEA using fentanyl and bupivacaine as compared to IVPCA using morphine provides better pain relief both at rest and during coughing and is associated with fewer side effects.

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