Neuraxial opioids have contributed significantly to improved labor and postcesarean
delivery analgesia. In the obstetric population, epidural and intrathecal opioids are …

Respiratory depression can occur after neuraxial morphine administration. In the obstetric
population, there are little data on respiratory depression after neuraxial morphine …

The prevalence of neuraxial opioid–induced clinically significant respiratory depression
(CSRD) after cesarean delivery is unknown. We sought to review reported cases of author …

Long-acting neuraxial opioids such as morphine and diamorphine, administered via spinal
or epidural routes, are staple components of a multimodal approach to postoperative …

Neuraxial opioids are an integral part of obstetric anaesthesia and have contributed to
greatly improved analgesia for labour and caesarean delivery, both intraoperatively and …

The majority of women undergoing cesarean delivery in the United States receive neuraxial
morphine, the most effective form of postoperative analgesia for this surgery. Current …

Practice guidelines are systematically developed recommendations that enable the
practitioner and the patient to make informed health care decisions. They may be adopted …

Morphine is a drug commonly administered via the epidural or intrathecal route, and is
regarded by many as the 'gold-standard'single-dose neuraxial opioid due to its …

Administration of epidural and intrathecal opioids may provide excellent postoperative
analgesia, but a minority of patients will suffer dangerous respiratory depression. This …

Introduction Delayed respiratory depression is a feared complication of intrathecal morphine
in patients undergoing cesarean delivery. The incidence, timing and risk factors for hypoxia …