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Spinal buprenorphine for postoperative analgesia after caesarean section
Author(s) -
CELLENO D.,
CAPOGNA G.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
acta anaesthesiologica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.738
H-Index - 107
eISSN - 1399-6576
pISSN - 0001-5172
DOI - 10.1111/j.1399-6576.1989.tb02897.x
Subject(s) - medicine , buprenorphine , caesarean section , anesthesia , section (typography) , opioid , pregnancy , receptor , biology , advertising , business , genetics
Two doses of intrathecal buprenorphine for postoperative analgesia have been compared. Forty–five women undergoing elective caesarean section under spinal anaesthesia were randomly divided into three groups. Group A (controls, n= 15) received hyperbaric bupivacaine; Groups B and C received the same but with the addition of 0.03 mg or 0.045 mg buprenorphine, respectively. Patients receiving buprenorphine had a longer pain–free interval than the controls ( P < 0.01). Within the buprenorphine groups, patients receiving the higher dose had a longer effect (420 min s.d. 24) than those receiving the lower dose (173 min s.d. 31) ( P < 0.01) without any increase in side–effects.