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Intrathecal morphine overdose during combined spinal-epidural block for Caesarean delivery
M Cannesson1, N Nargues, B Bryssine
1Service d'Anesthésie-Réanimation, Hôpital de l'Hôtel-Dieu, F-69002 Lyon, France.
British Journal of Anaesthesia
|November 28, 2002
Abstract:
We describe a 25 mg intrathecal morphine overdose during a combined spinal-epidural block for a Caesarean delivery. Naloxone infusion (5.24 mg over 24 h) was started prior to the patient becoming symptomatic and almost immediately after the overdose. Invasive therapeutics such as mechanical ventilation were avoided.