INTRATHECAL MORPHINE FOR POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA IN AN INFANT WITH BRONCHOPULMONARY DYSPLASIA FOLLOWING UPPER ABDOMINAL-SURGERY

Authors
KRECHEL SW EGGERS GWN HELIKSON MA
Citation
Sw. Krechel et al., INTRATHECAL MORPHINE FOR POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA IN AN INFANT WITH BRONCHOPULMONARY DYSPLASIA FOLLOWING UPPER ABDOMINAL-SURGERY, Paediatric anaesthesia, 6(5), 1996, pp. 423-426
Citations number
28
Categorie Soggetti
Anesthesiology,Pediatrics
Journal title
Paediatric anaesthesia → ACNP
ISSN journal
11555645
Volume
6
Issue
5
Year of publication
1996
Pages
423 - 426
Database
ISI
SICI code
1155-5645(1996)6:5<423:IMFPAI>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
We present a case of severe bronchopulmonary dysplasia in which intrat hecal morphine was successfully used for analgesia after a Nissen fund oplication and gastrostomy Various options for anaesthesia are discuss ed with the knowledge that two previous procedures had been complicate d by congestive cardiac failure and increased respiratory failure.