INTRATHECAL MORPHINE AND MULTIPLE FRACTURED RIBS

Continuous pain relief for multiple fractured ribs.

Patients with fractured ribs admitted to an intensive care unit are in two categories: (a) multiple fractures with a flail segment; (b) one or more fractures but without a flail segment. One of the latter group is described in this report. Usually these patients are treated in a general ward and are admitted to the intensive care unit when pain prevents coughing, deep breathing and bronchial to...

Pain Management in Multiple Fractured Ribs; Role of Regional Analgesia

Intrathecal morphine and inflammatory masses.

To the Editor:—I read with interest the reports by Yaksh et al. and Gradert et al. in the July 2003 issue of ANESTHESIOLOGY describing the association of intrathecal analgesia with catheter-associated masses and the accompanying editorial by Follett. Both articles describe a clear doseand/or concentration-dependent relation between commercially prepared preservative-free morphine sulfate and th...

Intrathecal Morphine and Inflammatory Masses

To the Editor:—I read with interest the reports by Yaksh et al. and Gradert et al. in the July 2003 issue of ANESTHESIOLOGY describing the association of intrathecal analgesia with catheter-associated masses and the accompanying editorial by Follett. Both articles describe a clear doseand/or concentration-dependent relation between commercially prepared preservative-free morphine sulfate and th...

Intrathecal morphine for post-operative analgesia in patients with fractured hips.

This prospective, randomised, double blind study examined the efficacy of intrathecal morphine for post-operative analgesia in Chinese patients undergoing surgery to repair fractured hips. There were a total of 40 American Society of Anesthesiologists physical status grade I to IV patients scheduled for surgery following a fractured neck of the femur. Patients were randomised to a control group...