A background infusion of morphine enhances patient-controlled analgesia after cardiac surgery


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GULER T., Unlugenc H., GUNDOGAN Z., OZALEVLI M., BALCIOGLU O., TOPCUOGLU M. Ş.

CANADIAN JOURNAL OF ANAESTHESIA-JOURNAL CANADIEN D ANESTHESIE, cilt.51, sa.7, ss.718-722, 2004 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

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Purpose: We compared the efficacy of patient-controlled analgesia (PCA), with or without a background infusion of morphine, on postoperative pain relief in patients extubated in the operating room after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) surgery.