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Postoperative Analgesia in Cesarean Section, with Epidural Morphine

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Spinal Opiate Analgesia

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60 women undergoing cesarean section were given epidural morphine hydrochloride (5 mg) postoperatively. Adequate analgesia was achieved in 85% of the cases within 1 or 2 hrs after injection and the analgesia lasted about 15 hrs. The normally elevated pulse and blood pressure were reduced by the onset of epidural analgesia. The side effects observed included nausea (12%), sedation (10%), dysuria (45%), and itching (60%). It is concluded that epidural morphine in these doses and in this patient series, provides a first rate postoperative analgesia in cesarean section.

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  1. J. Seebacher
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  2. M. Henry
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  1. Depts. of Neurologic Surgery and Pharmacology, Mayo Foundation, Rochester, MN, 55905, USA

    Tony L. Yaksh MD

  2. Dept. of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Justus Liebig University, Klinikstr. 29, D-6300, Giessen, Federal Republic of Germany

    Hermann Müller

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Seebacher, J., Henry, M., Leveque, C., Darbois, Y., Viars, P. (1982). Postoperative Analgesia in Cesarean Section, with Epidural Morphine. In: Yaksh, T.L., Müller, H. (eds) Spinal Opiate Analgesia. Anaesthesiologie und Intensivmedizin Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, vol 144. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-68261-2_17

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