Overview

Intravenous Remifentanil Plus Morphine or Morphine Alone for Postthoracotomy Pain

Status:
Completed

Trial end date:
2012-12-01

Target enrollment:
0

Participant gender:
All

Summary

Background; Post-thoracotomy pain remains a major problem. This double-blind, randomized study tested the effects of coadministration of patient controlled remifentanil+morphine combination on postthoracotomy pain, analgesic consumption and side effects compared with morphine PCA alone

Phase:

Phase 4

Accepts Healthy Volunteers?

Details

Lead Sponsor:

Cukurova University

Treatments:

Morphine
Remifentanil

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- 60 ASA physical status I-III patients, between the ages of 18 and 59 years, scheduled
for elective thoracotomy surgery with general anaesthesia were included in this study

Exclusion Criteria:

- severe hepatorenal disease history, sensitivity or contraindication to morphine and
remifentanil, chronic pain (defined as regular use of opioid analgesics for > 3
months), drug or alcohol abuse and contraindication to administration of PCA