Anahi Perlas, MD
Patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) who are given low-dose intrathecal morphine for total hip or knee arthroplasty do not experience a greater incidence of postoperative pulmonary complications than those who do not receive the opioid, a study has found.
According to the researchers from Toronto Western Hospital, these findings help demonstrate that intrathecal morphine can be a safe addition to a multimodal analgesic regimen in this surgical population.
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