Fast-Track Cardiac Anesthesia: Use of Remifentanil Combined with Intrathecal Morphine as an Alternative to Sufentanil During Desflurane Anesthesia

Abstract

As part of a cardiac fast-tracking program involving desflurane anesthesia, the use of intrathecal morphine in combination with a remifentanil infusion provided improved postoperative pain control, compared with IV sufentanil alone.