COMPARISON OF INFUSIONS OF MORPHINE AND LYSINE ACETYL SALICYLATE FOR THE RELIEF OF PAIN FOLLOWING THORACIC SURGERY

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1 March 1985

journal article
research article
Published by Elsevier in British Journal of Anaesthesia

Vol. 57 (3) , 259-263
https://doi.org/10.1093/bja/57.3.259

Abstract

A double-blind study comparing the effectiveness of a continuous infusion i.v. of lysine acetyl salicylate (LAS) with an infusion of morphine for the treatment of pain following pulmonary surgery is described. Mean pain scores in the two groups were not significantly different at any stage during the 24-h period of study. LAS was not associated with any significantly greater blood loss in the period after operation. The incidence of drowsiness, nausea and vomiting, and the need for antiemetic medication were similar in both groups.

Keywords

SALICYLATES
MORPHINE
LYSINE
PAIN
THORACIC SURGERY PROCEDURES
NAUSEA AND VOMITING
DROWSINESS
PAIN SCORE
INTRAVENOUS INFUSION
CONTINUOUS
INFUSION PROCEDURES
PULMONARY SURGICAL PROCEDURES
PAIN MANAGEMENT
HEMORRHAGE
ANTIEMETIC AGENT

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