Balanced analgesia with intravenous ketorolac and patient-controlled morphine following lower abdominal surgery

• Published in: Journal of clinical anesthesia Vol. 7; no. 2; pp. 103 - 108
• Main Authors: Blackburn, Amanda, Stevens, Jeremy D., Wheatley, Robert G., Madej, Tamara H., Hunter, Deborah
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.03.1995
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Analgesia, Patient-Controlled - adverse effects; Analgesics, Non-Narcotic - administration & dosage; Analgesics, Non-Narcotic - adverse effects; Analgesics, Non-Narcotic - therapeutic use; Anesthesia; Double-Blind Method; Female; Humans; Hypoxemia; Hypoxia - blood; Hysterectomy; Injections, Intravenous; Ketorolac; Middle Aged; morphine; Morphine - administration & dosage; Morphine - adverse effects; Morphine - therapeutic use; Pain Measurement; pain, postoperative; Pain, Postoperative - drug therapy; patient-controlled analgesia; Postoperative Complications - blood; Tolmetin - administration & dosage; Tolmetin - adverse effects; Tolmetin - analogs & derivatives; Tolmetin - therapeutic use; Hypoxemia; ketorolac; patient-controlled analgesia; morphine; pain, postoperative

Study Objective: To investigate the efficacy, opioid-sparing effects and any reduction in adverse events of a continuous intravenous (IV) infusion of ketorolac following lower abdominal surgery. Design: Randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel-group study. Setting: Inpatient elective g...