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An assessment of morphine requirement after wisdom tooth extraction under general anaesthesia
Author(s) -
Tighe K. E.,
Gillan G.,
Korczak P. K. J.,
Crossley A. W. A.
Publication year - 1995
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.1365-2044.1995.tb06149.x
Subject(s) - medicine , morphine , analgesic , anesthesia , surgery , general anaesthesia , patient controlled analgesia
Summary The use of morphine delivered by a patient‐controlled analgesia system was studied in 20 patients who had undergone surgical extraction of three or four wisdom teeth as inpatients. Whilst 64.3% of the patient requests were made in the first 8 postoperative hours, use of the system continued throughout the night in the majority of patients. The implications for analgesic regimens in day‐case surgery are discussed.