{"title":"The use of ondansetron to treat pruritus associated with intrathecal morphine in two paediatric patients.","authors":"L. Arai, S. Stayer, R. Schwartz, A. Dorsey","doi":"10.1097/00132586-199802000-00036","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Intrathecal morphine is an effective technique for providing postoperative analgesia after major surgical procedures in children. Pruritus is a common side effect associated with intrathecal morphine. We report two patients who experienced significant pruritus associated with intrathecal morphine administration and were successfully treated with ondansetron. Ondansetron appears to be a beneficial and safe method of relieving pruritus associated with intrathecal morphine.","PeriodicalId":281130,"journal":{"name":"Paediatric anaesthesia","volume":"4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1998-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"8","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Paediatric anaesthesia","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1097/00132586-199802000-00036","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Intrathecal morphine is an effective technique for providing postoperative analgesia after major surgical procedures in children. Pruritus is a common side effect associated with intrathecal morphine. We report two patients who experienced significant pruritus associated with intrathecal morphine administration and were successfully treated with ondansetron. Ondansetron appears to be a beneficial and safe method of relieving pruritus associated with intrathecal morphine.