Revista brasileira de anestesiologia
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Rev Bras Anestesiol · Dec 2003
[Post-cesarean section analgesia with low spinal morphine doses and systemic nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug: diclofenac versus ketoprofen.].
The association of low spinal morphine doses and muscular diclofenac is effective to control postoperative pain after Cesarean section under spinal anesthesia. Ketoprofen, also an NSAID, may be advantageous over diclofenac because it may be intravenously administered. This study aimed at comparing the analgesic efficacy of diclofenac and ketoprofen in association to low spinal morphine doses in the immediate postoperative period of patients submitted to Cesarean section under spinal anesthesia. ⋯ When associated to low spinal morphine doses, ketoprofen was similar to diclofenac in providing postoperative analgesia in the first six hours following Cesarean section under spinal anesthesia.