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EFFICACY AND SAFETY OF CONTINUOUS MORPHINE INFUSION FOR POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA IN THE PAEDlATRlC SURGICAL WARD
Author(s) -
Beasley S. W.,
Tibballs J.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1987.tb01346.x
Subject(s) - medicine , morphine , anesthesia , continuous infusion , nursing staff , postoperative pain , patient controlled analgesia , nursing
This study determines the efficacy and safety of continuous infusion of morphine following major surgery in non‐ventilated children being nursed in general paediatric surgical wards. Pain and analgesia were assessed by a linear analogue scale. Assessment of pain by nursing staff was similar to that made by the patient and parent. Continuous infusions were easy to institute, well accepted by staff and patients alike and resulted in few side effects. The safety and efficacy of morphine infusions allow for wider adoption as a routine method of analgesia for children following major surgery.