Low Dose Intrathecal Morphine versus Multimodal Analgesia in Patients Undergoing Abdominal Surgeries under General Anaesthesia

Abstract

Original Research Article Introduction: Opium means juice, from Greek word. Morphine is named after Greek god of dreams, Morpheus Opioid refers to drugs derived from opium both natural and synthetics. Narcotic refers to morphine and like analgesics. Aim of the Study: To evaluate the effect of preservative free morphine 0.5mg administered intrathecally, on intraoperative anesthetic requirement and post operative analgesia in patients undergoing laparotomies under general anesthesia compared with multimodal analgesia during the 1 st 24 hours of postoperative period.