PATIENT-CONTROLLED ANALGESIA WITH LOW DOSE BACKGROUND INFUSIONS AFTER LOWER ABDOMINAL SURGERY IN CHILDREN
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- 1 December 1993
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by Elsevier in British Journal of Anaesthesia
- Vol. 71 (6) , 818-822
- https://doi.org/10.1093/bja/71.6.818
Abstract
Forty-five children (aged 6–12 yr) undergoing appendicectomy received one of three analgesic regimens using patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) with morphine: no background infusion (BO); background infusion 4 μg kg−1 h−1 (B4); background infusion 10 μh−1 h−1 (B10). Total consumption of morphine was greater in group B10 compared with groups BO (PPPPPP−1 h−1 in a PCA regimen for children did not increase the incidence of side effects and was associated with less hypoxaemia and a better sleep pattern than no background infusion. (Br. J. Anaesth. 1993; 71: 818–822)Keywords
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