Abstract
Two case reports are presented of patients with postthoracotomy pain treated with epidural morphine who developed somnolence several hours after the procedure. Physostigmine, 1 mg IV successfully reversed the somnolence without any effect on analgesia.
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On rapporte ici l’ observation de deux patients qui ont présenté une somnolence marquée plusieurs heures après l’administration de morphine par voie péridurale qu’on employait comme analgésie post-thoracotomie. La physostigmine à I mg IV a corrigé cette somnolence sans modifier les effets analgésiques.
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Shulman, M.S., Sandier, A. & Brebner, J. The reversal of epidural morphine induced somnolence with physostigmine. Can Anaesth Soc J 31, 678–680 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03008766
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