Clinical research of morphine combined with lornoxicam for postoperative thoracotomy patients during controlled intravenous analgesia

Objective To compare the effect of morphine combined with lornoxicam and morphine alone for postoperative thoracotomy patients. Methods All 60 postoperative thoracotomy patients with ASAⅠ-Ⅱ stage were randomly divided into group A(30 cases)and group B(30 cases).All patients were given morphine and ondansetron as loading dose and then connected PCIA pump for controlled intravenous analgesia,but lornoxicam were added to the patients in group B. VAS score,drug consumption and adverse reactions were marked after operation. Results VAS score had no significant difference between the two groups,but the drug consumption and adverse reactions of group A were significant higher than that in group B. Conclusions For postoperative thoracotomy patients,taking morphine combined with lornoxicam can relieve pain effectively and meanwhile cut down drug consumption and adverse reactions. Key words: Morphine; Lornoxicam; Intravenous analgesia; Thoracotomy