A comparison of the incidence of pruritus following epidural opioid administration in the parturient
- 1 July 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Canadian Journal of Anesthesia/Journal canadien d'anesthésie
- Vol. 36 (4) , 388-391
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf03005335
Abstract
Epidural morphine is associated with a high incidence of pruritus when used for pain control in the post-Caesarean section population. The purpose of this study was to compare the incidence of pruritus associated with epidural morphine, fentanyl, buprenorphine and butorphanol. Sixty healthy Caesarean section patients were studied in a double-blind randomized fashion. Patients were questioned at 1, 3, 12 and 24 hours postpartum for the incidence of pruritus. This study demonstrated that the incidence of pruritus was significantly higher following the use of epidural morphine and fentanyl. Even though epidural butorphanol and buprenorphine exhibited a low incidence of pruritus, their duration of analgesia was not long enough to make either attractive for singledose administration. Après une césarienne, l’analgésie à la morphine par voie péridurale est souvent associée à du prurit. Dans une étude à double insu chez 60 patientes en santé, nous avorts comparé la morphine, le fentanyl, la buprénorphine et le butorphanol quant à l’incidence de cette complication lorsque injecté par voie péridurale lors d’une césarienne. On recherchait la présence de prurit à 1, 3, 12 et 24 h post-injection. Le problème s’est avéré plus fréquent avec la morphine et le fentanyl. Malheureusement, malgré une faible incidence de prurit, la durée de l’analgésie avec la buprénorphine ou le butorphanol était insuffisante en mode d’injection unique.This publication has 17 references indexed in Scilit:
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