Annales françaises d'anesthèsie et de rèanimation
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Ann Fr Anesth Reanim · Jul 2009
Case Reports[Severe differed respiratory depression after intrathecal administration of morphine and clonidine on a 70-year-old patient].
We report a case of severe and differed respiratory depression to a 70-year-old patient after spinal anaesthesia for prostatic adenomectomy. Ten milligram of bupivacaine, 30 microg of clonidine and 100 microg of morphine has been administrated intrathecally. ⋯ The use of low dose intrathecal morphine can involve a respiratory depression. Intrathecal association of morphine and clonidine must be careful used among old patients and require a monitoring during the first 24h.
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Ann Fr Anesth Reanim · Jul 2009
[Optimization of anesthesia for emergency abdominal surgery in the elderly].
Peroperative haemodynamic profile comparison of two anaesthetic protocols for emergency abdominal surgery of old patients. ⋯ Anaesthetic agents target controlled administration and/or neurophysiologic depth of anaesthesia monitoring improve the time course of the haemodynamic effects in elderly patients undergoing abdominal surgery in emergency.