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8325148

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1993-8-6
pubmed:abstractText
Morphine elicits a series of adverse effects including the inhibition of intestinal motility in addition to the therapeutic benefit of alleviating postoperative pain. To ascertain the role of electroacupuncture (EA) in diminishing those detrimental effects on recovery, we imitated the clinical procedures in rabbits. Morphine was given via a preimplanted cannula within spinal subarachnoid space, while the duodenal motility, respiration rate and arterial pressure were simultaneously recorded. It was found that morphine (6 mg/rabbit, IT) markedly suppressed duodenal peristalsis, decreased respiration rate throughout 90 min observation. When EA was administered together with morphine, peristalsis of the duodenum was much less inhibited (P < 0.05, vs morphine alone group), but no significant improvement of respiratory depression was noticed (P > 0.05), nor obvious change of arterial pressure in both groups. The results strongly recommend extensive application of EA in postoperative care, so as to decrease both the required dosage of morphine and the subsequent occurrence of postoperative ileus, while attaining sufficient analgesia.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0366-6999
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
106
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
220-4
pubmed:dateRevised
2003-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1993
pubmed:articleTitle
Electroacupuncture reversed the inhibition of intestinal peristalsis induced by intrathecal injection of morphine in rabbits.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Neurobiology, Shanghai Medical University.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article