Anaesthesia with continuous thiopentone infusion, epidural morphine and relaxant.
Twenty-three patients undergoing surgery below T.6 dermatome were anaesthetized with epidural morphine 20 mg in 15 ml of saline, thiopentone drip 0.04-0.1 mg/kg/min. and pancuronium 0.1 mg/kg. The patients had satisfactory analgesia intra-operatively. Post-operative analgesia lasted for varying periods ranging from 13 hours to 24 hours and above. The cardiovascular system was stable. Post-epidural morphine complications of respiratory depression (three patients), urinary retention (one patient) and pruritus (one patient) were seen and they were managed successfully.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000698:Analgesia; D000771:Anesthesia, Intravenous; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009020:Morphine; D010197:Pancuronium; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D011184:Postoperative Period; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012119:Respiration / Q000187:drug effects; D013874:Thiopental
D009020:Morphine; D010197:Pancuronium; D013874:Thiopental