Large dose epidural sufentanil. Management of postoperative pain with few side effects.
The postoperative analgesic management of a patient who was intolerant of morphine and pethidine is described. An epidural infusion of fentanyl up to 1 microgram/kg/hour was ineffective for analgesia in the first 18 hours. Subsequently, 50-micrograms boluses and an infusion of 0.5 microgram/kg/hour sufentanil provided satisfactory analgesia with minimal side effects for 28 hours.
D000328:Adult; D000700:Analgesics / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D005260:Female; D005283:Fentanyl / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D007268:Injections, Epidural; D010149:Postoperative Pain / Q000188:drug therapy*; D017409:Sufentanil
D000700:Analgesics; D017409:Sufentanil; D005283:Fentanyl