Respiratory depression following combination of epidural buprenorphine and intramuscular ketorolac
- 1 October 1993
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Wiley in Anaesthesia
- Vol. 48 (10) , 898-899
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2044.1993.tb07425.x
Abstract
A 48-year-old man who had undergone thoracotomy for carcinoma of the middle third of his oesophagus developed severe postoperative respiratory depression following intramuscular ketorolac 30 mg 2 h after 150 micrograms epidural buprenorphine. Summation of analgesia by drugs used in combination can have deleterious respiratory effects.Keywords
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