Continuous epidural butorphanol relieves pruritus associated with epidural morphine infusions in children
Continuous epidural butorphanol relieves pruritus associated with epidural morphine infusions in children
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10.1046/j.1460-9592.2000.00447.x
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2000-03-01
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Sweeney, DM
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Gunter, JB;McAuliffe, J;Sweeney, DM
We examined the efficacy of epidural butorphanol to either prevent or relieve pruritus associated with epidural morphine infusion in children. Forty-six children were randomized to receive either epidural morphine (M) or epidural M with butorphanol (B) for postoperative analgesia. They received bupivacaine and either M 50 mu g.kg(-1) or the same dose of M plus B 10 mu g.kg(-1). Following surgery, a continuous infusion of 0.1% bupivacaine with either M 20 mu g.ml(-1) or M 20 mu g.ml(-1) + B 4 mu g.ml(-1) was given at a rate of 0.3 ml.kg(-1).h(-1). Pain scores and pruritus scores were recorded every 4 h during epidural infusion. Subjects with a pruritus score=2 received diphenhydramine 0.5 mg.kg(-1) i.v. and were switched to an alternate epidural infusion; subjects receiving M (group M) were switched to M+B while subjects receiving M+B (group B) were switched to hydromorphone (H) 4 mu g.ml(-1). There was no difference in the initial incidence of pruritus (group M 11/18; group B 13/28). No subject in group M required a second change of epidural infusion because of continued pruritus after being switched to M+B; five of 13 subjects in group B continued to experience pruritus after being switched to H and required a second change of epidural infusion or an alternate analgesic modality (P=0.038). The median pruritus score in the first 24 h after changing epidural infusions was 0 in subjects in group M Delta (changed from M to M+B) and 1 in subjects in group B Delta (changed from M+B to H; P=0.012). While the median sedation score in the first 24 h was 1 in both groups, there was a greater incidence of sedation scores of 2 in group B than group M (28% vs 12.3%; P=0.021). B 10 mu g.kg(-1) was not effective in preventing pruritus associated with bolus epidural administration of M 50 mu g.kg(-1) in children. B 1.2 mu g.kg(-1).h(-1) was effective in relieving pruritus associated with continuous epidural infusion of M 6 mu g.kg(-1).h(-1).