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The Analgesic Action and Respiratory Side Effects of Epidural Morphine: A Double-blind Trial on Patients Undergoing Vaginal Hysterectomy
Abstract
In a prospective, randomized study, 20 patients were observed in order to compare the effects of epidural and intravenous morphine. The analgesic response after epidural morphine was four times longer than after intravenous application. The analgesic quality was equivalent to the analgesia after epidural bupivacaine. Serum morphine levels showed no difference between the groups. Carbon dioxide response showed a slight decrease in the epidural as compared to the intravenous morphine group.
- Anesthetic technique
- epidural
- intravenous
- Anesthetics
- morphine
- bupivacaine
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Address reprint requests to Dr. Kossmann: Zentrum für Anästhesiologie, der Universität Ulm, Prittwitzstr. 43, D‐7900 Ulm/Donau, West Germany.