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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-6-23
pubmed:abstractText
Major surgery evokes a stress response that can produce deleterious consequences, especially in a population at high risk for those complications. We tested the hypothesis that decreasing or eliminating one of the sources of stress by providing intense analgesia in the immediate postoperative period via application of neuraxial opioids would decrease major nonsurgical complications. Two-hundred-seventeen patients scheduled to undergo abdominal aortic surgery were randomly allocated to receive either general anesthesia alone (control) or general anesthesia combined with intrathecal opioid (1 micro g/kg sufentanil with 8 micro g/kg preservative-free morphine injected at the L4-5 interspace). Postoperative care was identical in the two groups, including patient-controlled analgesia. Each patient provided an assessment of postoperative pain using a visual analog scale. Postopera-tive complications were recorded according to criteria established a priori. The administration of intrathecal opioid provided more intense analgesia than patient-controlled analgesia during the first 24 h postoperatively (P < 0.05). There was no difference between groups for the incidence of combined major cardiovascular, respiratory, and renal complications (P > 0.05) or mortality (P > 0.05). The incidence of myocardial damage or infarction, as defined by abnormal plasma concentration of troponin I, did not differ between the two groups (P > 0.05). In patients undergoing major abdominal vascular surgery, decrease of one contributor to postoperative stress, by provision of intense analgesia for the intraoperative and initial postoperative period, via application of neuraxial opioid, does not alter the combined major cardiovascular, respiratory, and renal complication rate. IMPLICATIONS: Provision of intense analgesia for the initial postoperative period after major abdominal vascular surgery, via the administration of neuraxial opioid, does not alter the combined incidence of major cardiovascular, respiratory, and renal complications.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0003-2999
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
97
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
2-12, table of contents
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:12818934-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:12818934-Analgesics, Opioid, pubmed-meshheading:12818934-Aorta, Abdominal, pubmed-meshheading:12818934-Blood Gas Analysis, pubmed-meshheading:12818934-Cardiovascular Diseases, pubmed-meshheading:12818934-Double-Blind Method, pubmed-meshheading:12818934-Electrocardiography, pubmed-meshheading:12818934-Female, pubmed-meshheading:12818934-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:12818934-Injections, Intravenous, pubmed-meshheading:12818934-Injections, Spinal, pubmed-meshheading:12818934-Kidney Diseases, pubmed-meshheading:12818934-Male, pubmed-meshheading:12818934-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:12818934-Neurons, Afferent, pubmed-meshheading:12818934-Pain, Postoperative, pubmed-meshheading:12818934-Postoperative Care, pubmed-meshheading:12818934-Postoperative Complications, pubmed-meshheading:12818934-Prospective Studies, pubmed-meshheading:12818934-Respiratory Tract Diseases, pubmed-meshheading:12818934-Treatment Outcome, pubmed-meshheading:12818934-Vascular Surgical Procedures
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
A comparison of intrathecal opioid and intravenous analgesia for the incidence of cardiovascular, respiratory, and renal complications after abdominal aortic surgery.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, CHU Pitié-Salpêtrière, Institut Mutualiste Montsouris, Paris, France.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Clinical Trial, Comparative Study, Randomized Controlled Trial, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't