Author/Editor		Delmestro, E; Divella, M; De Flaviis, A; Strignano, L; Sitta, V; Colussi, R; Della-Rocca, G
Title		Sufentanil i.v. continuous infusion for postoperative pain control
Type		članek
Source		In: Zabavnik Z, editor. Book of lectures of the 16th anaesthesia symposium Alpe Adria; 2003 May 9-11; Maribor. Maribor: Splošna bolnišnica,
Publication year		2003
Volume		str. 221-2
Language		eng
Abstract		Backgmund. The aim of the study was to evaluate the efficacy and safeness of LV. sufentanil continuous infusion for postoperative pain control after major surgery. Methods. 47 patient with a mean age of 55.7yrs (ranged of 19 to 78) and mean body weight of 69.7 Kg (ranged of 63 to 90) undergoing major surgery were studied. During general anaesthesia a continuous infusion of sufentanil via elastomeric device (LV2 Baxter Deerfield-USA) was started at 8 mcg /h . Neither before nor at the end of surgery skin incision infiltration with local anaesthetic was performed. At the end of surgery, after tracheal extubation and until 48 hours post-operative. (every 8 hrs), mean arterial pression (mAP), heart rate (HR), pulse oximetry (SpO2) , pain scores (resting and dynamic VAS), sedation (Ramsay score), itching, PONV and supplemental administration of sufentanil (rescue dose of 5 mcg with a lock-time of five minutes when VAS score was more than 5, for a maximum dose 15 mcg/h and 50 mcg within 24 h) were evaluated.
Descriptors		PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE FENTANYL INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS