Comparison of low dose intravenous fentanyl and morphine infusion for postoperative analgesia in spine fusion surgeries - a randomized control trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background and aims

Post-operative analgesia for Spine surgeries is difficult without patient control analgesia (PCA) and inadequate monitoring facilities. The objective was to study the effectiveness of analgesia of intravenous administration of low dose fentanyl and morphine for postoperative analgesia following spine fusion surgeries.

Methods

One hundred adult patients undergoing spine instrumentation surgeries were randomly allotted into two groups: Group M (morphine) or Group F (fentanyl). The patients received either 0.02 mg.kg^-1.h^-1 of morphine or 0.3 mcg.kg^-1.h^-1 of fentanyl infusion postoperatively. If the patient had pain, additional bolus dose of 0.04 mg.kg^-1 and 0.6 mcg. kg^-1 bolus for morphine and

SUBMITTER: Venkatraman R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9373321 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul-Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature