TY - JOUR T1 - Evaluation of simultaneous use of epidural Fentanyl and Morphine in patients under thoracotomy TT - بررسی تاثیر افزودن فنتانیل به مورفین اپیدورال در بیماران تحت توراکوتومی JF - KAUMS JO - KAUMS VL - 5 IS - 3 UR - http://feyz.kaums.ac.ir/article-1-369-en.html Y1 - 2001 SP - 59 EP - 64 KW - Fentanyl KW - Morphine KW - Thoracotomy KW - Complication of epidural morphine N2 - History and Objectives: Considering the significance of analgesia and lower complications following surgical operations and the existence various and sometimes reports controversial reports on the efficacy of addition of fentanyl and for comparison of its effect, this study was carried out on patients under thoracotomy in Masih Daneshvari hospital. Materials and Methods: The clinical trial, two-blind strategy of this study was performed on 74 patients and cases with contraindication for drugs were excluded from the study. Control group received morphine (0.5 mg/kg) and experimental group received a mixture of morphine and fentanyl. The intensity of pain was measured using verbal pain scoring and they were followed up for post-operative complications for 48h and data were statistically analyzed. Results: From each group, 7 cases were excluded and study was carried out on 60 cases. In this regard, 31 cases were in control group and 29 cases were in experimental group. Both groups were similar regarding age and gender. Complications rate was 71% (22) in control group and 48.3% (14) in experimental group (P M3 ER -