Analgesic action of metoclopramide in prosthetic hip surgery

Autor: B. Lisander, D. Kandler
Rok vydání: 1993
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Zdroj: Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica. 37:49-53
ISSN: 1399-6576
0001-5172
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.1993.tb03597.x
Popis: Prosthetic hip surgery was performed under subarachnoidal anaesthesia with bupivacaine 16–20 mg and morphine 0.2 mg. Preoperatively, metoclopramide 1 mg · kg-1 was given i.v., followed by an infusion of 1.5 mg · kg-1 over 9 h (n= 17). Control patients received corresponding volumes of solvent (n = 23). The design of the study was double blind. The characteristics of the spinal block (level of analgesia to pinprick and muscular block) and postoperative VAS pain scores were similar in both groups. During the 24 h following the start of the infusion, four patients receiving metoclopramide required i.v. opioids, compared to 15 in the control group (P
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