Service dAnesthésie-Réanimation, Hôpital de lHôtel-Dieu, F-69002 Lyon, France
Abstract:
We describe a 25 mg intrathecal morphine overdose duringa combined spinalepidural block for a Caesarean delivery.Naloxone infusion (5.24 mg over 24 h) was startedprior to the patient becoming symptomatic and almost immediatelyafter the overdose. Invasive therapeutics such as mechanicalventilation were avoided. Br J Anaesth 2002; 89: 9257