Patient Re-education vs. Background Morphine to IV-PCA in Patient With Unsatisfactory Analgesia Post Laparotomy

Summary

The purpose of this study is to improve IV-Patient Controlled Analgesia (IV-PCA) technique for postoperative analgesia. Investigators are comparing between patient re-education and the background morphine infusion among patients who fail to achieve satisfactory analgesia using IV-PCA Morphine after laparotomy.

Timeline

Start

2015-08

Primary completion

2016-07

Completion

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Publications

• Results Macintyre PE, Jarvis DA. Age is the best predictor of postoperative morphine requirements. Pain. 1996 Feb;64(2):357-364. doi: 10.1016/0304-3959(95)00128-X.

Drugs

Indications

No indication recorded.