Determination of the efficacy and side-effect profile of lower doses of intrathecal morphine in patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty

BACKGROUND: Intrathecal (IT) morphine provides excellent post-operative analgesia, but causes multiple side effects including nausea and vomiting (PONV), pruritus and respiratory depression, particularly at higher doses. The lowest effective dose of spinal morphine in patients undergoing total knee...

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Autores principales: Hassett, Patrick, Ansari, Bilal, Gnanamoorthy, Pachaimuthu, Kinirons, Brian, Laffey, John G
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2559822/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18816386
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2253-8-5

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2559822/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18816386
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2253-8-5

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