Acta Anaesthesiologica Taiwanica
Volume 48, Issue 2 , Pages 75-79, June 2010

Evaluation of the Relationships Between Intravenous Patient-controlled Analgesia Settings and Morphine Requirements Among Patients After Lumbar Spine Surgery

  • Hsin-Lun Wu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology Taipei Veterans General Hospital and School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C
    • Division of Anesthesiology, Department of Surgery, Lotung Poh-Ai Hospital, Ilan, Taiwan, R.O.C
    • Hsin-Lun Wu and Mei-Yung Tsou contributed equally to this work.
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  • Mei-Yung Tsou

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology Taipei Veterans General Hospital and School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C
    • Hsin-Lun Wu and Mei-Yung Tsou contributed equally to this work.
    • ,
  • Pei-Wen Chao

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology Taipei Veterans General Hospital and School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C
    • ,
  • Su-Man Lin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology Taipei Veterans General Hospital and School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C
    • ,
  • Kwok-Hon Chan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology Taipei Veterans General Hospital and School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C
    • ,
  • Kuang-Yi Chang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology Taipei Veterans General Hospital and School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C
    • Division of Biostatistics, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Anesthesiology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital and School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, 201, Section 2, Shih-Pai Road, Taipei 112, Taiwan, R.O.C

Received 11 August 2009; received in revised form 6 November 2009; accepted 11 November 2009.

Article Outline

Background

To evaluate the association between daily morphine requirement and the intravenous patient-controlled analgesia (IVPCA) setting in patients undergoing spinal surgery.

Methods

We conducted a retrospective analysis of 179 patients of American Society of Anesthesiologists physical status class I-III who underwent elective posterior lumbar spinal surgery and consented to IVPCA for postoperative pain control. The regi-mental solution contained morphine 1 mg/mL. The IVPCA program was set to deliver a priming dose of 1.5–4 mL, a basal infusion rate of 0–1.2 mL/hr, and a 0.5–1.5 mL bolus on demand with a 5-minute lockout interval. Demographic data, surgical procedures, analgesia program setting variables, 4-hour cumulative morphine dose and 11-point numeric rating scale for pain on postoperative days 1 and 2 were collected for comparison.

Results

The IVPCA requirement decreased gradually over time (p < 0.001). The number of vertebrae involved significantly influenced the daily morphine requirements (p = 0.01). None of the IVPCA settings, including continuous infusion, affected daily morphine requirements. On average, the analgesic requirement on postoperative day 2 was 18% less than that on postoperative day 1.

Conclusion

The number of vertebrae involved was significantly associated with the daily IVPCA requirement. The IVPCA settings, including priming dose, basal infusion rate and bolus dose, did not affect the daily morphine requirements.

Key Words:  general anesthesia , intravenous patient-controlled analgesia , morphine , spinal surgery

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doi:10.1016/S1875-4597(10)60017-3

Acta Anaesthesiologica Taiwanica
Volume 48, Issue 2 , Pages 75-79, June 2010

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