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Experiences with epidular morphine in obstetrics
Author(s) -
Crawford J. Selwyn
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.839
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1365-2044
pISSN - 0003-2409
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1981.tb08727.x
Subject(s) - medicine , morphine , anesthesia , caesarean section , incidence (geometry) , vomiting , saline , epidural space , surgery , pregnancy , physics , biology , optics , genetics
Summary Morphine (2–6 mg) injected into the epidural space was ineffective in relieving the pain of labour in eight patients. Morphine (2 mg) injected into the epidular space of 60 patients whilst they were undergoing caesarean section was associated only modestly, if at all, with a diminished incident of postoperative pain and discomfort, when compared with the epidular injection of saline in 60 patients matched for type of operation and type of Anaesthesia. A relatively high incident of postoperative vomiting was noted among the patients who received morphine.