作者: G. J. Hobbs , F. L. Roberts
DOI: 10.1111/J.1365-2044.1992.TB01958.X
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摘要: Summary An audit of postoperative epidural analgesia in a District General Hospital is presented. Three hundred and forty-eight patients received infusions bupivacaine diamorphine mixture, were managed on general surgical wards using standard protocol observations instructions. Good was achieved 339 (97%) patients. Respiratory depression, defined as respiratory rate eight breaths.min−1 or less, occurred 22 (6%) patients, gradual onset, simply successfully without morbidity. There no arrests. Other complications, the significance catheter insertion level are discussed.