Respiratory Arrest during Epidural Infusion of Bupivacaine and Morphine

Bupivacaine과 Morphine의 지속적 경막외 주입 중에 발생한 호흡정지 -증례 보고-

Combined infusion of local anesthetics and opioids has been a common method for providing postoperative analgesia. Complications that can occur with this method include pruritus, nausea and vomiting, urinary retention, hypotension, and both early and late respiratory depression. Late respiratory depression is a rare but feared complication to epidural opioid therapy. We experienced a case of respiratory arrest during epidural infusion of bupivacaine and morphine.