Effects of Intrathecal Morphine on the Ventilatory Response to Hypoxia

Peter L. Bailey, Jeffrey Lu, Nathan L. Pace, Joseph Orr, Julia L. White, Elizabeth A. Hamber, Matthew H. Slawson, Dennis J. Crouch, Douglas E. Rollins

New England Journal of Medicine · 2000 · 129 citations · 22 references

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Abstract

Depression of the ventilatory response to hypoxia after the administration of intrathecal morphine is similar in magnitude to, but longer-lasting than, that after the administration of an equianalgesic dose of intravenous morphine.

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