METASTATIC PAIN IN THE PARTURIENT - TREATMENT WITH PATIENT-CONTROLLEDEPIDURAL SUFENTANIL

Citation
Em. Mcgrady et al., METASTATIC PAIN IN THE PARTURIENT - TREATMENT WITH PATIENT-CONTROLLEDEPIDURAL SUFENTANIL, Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica, 37(6), 1993, pp. 594-596
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Anesthesiology
ISSN journal
00015172
Volume
37
Issue
6
Year of publication
1993
Pages
594 - 596
Database
ISI
SICI code
0001-5172(1993)37:6<594:MPITP->2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
A 30-year-old primigravid woman presented at 28 weeks gestation with s evere pain related to metastatic gastric carcinoma. Pain control was a chieved with epidural sufentanil, administered via a patient-controlle d analgesia pump, for 5 days, prior to caesarean delivery. Considerati ons in deciding the optimal therapeutic regime are discussed.