NURS 3280 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Epidural Administration, Epidural Space, Itch
17 Apr 2016
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Injecing local anestheic to block sensory nerve ibers. Reduces severe pain without the sedaive efects of parenteral/oral narcoics. For acute post-op pain, labour and delivery pain, chronic pain associated with cancer. Intraspinal morphine can cause nausea, mental clouding and sedaion because it is absorbed by csf into circulaion. Someimes may require foley catheter unil epidural disconinued. Intraspinal meds (opioids, steroids, local anestheics, alpha agonists) For subcutaneous meds and hypodermoclysis (admin of luids subcutaneously: contraindicaions are cardiac failure, prerenal or renal failure, low platelet/coagulaion disorders, luid overload/edema.
