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Intestinal pseudo-obstruction associated with oral morphine

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 August 2006

B. V. S. Murthy ,
F. Ion  and
J. R. H. Winstanley
B. V. S. Murthy
Affiliation:
Department of Anaesthesia, Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals Liverpool L7 8XP, UK
F. Ion
Affiliation:
Department of Anaesthesia, Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals Liverpool L7 8XP, UK
J. R. H. Winstanley
Affiliation:
Department of General Surgery, Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals Liverpool L7 8XP, UK
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Abstract

Morphine is recommended as the strong opioid of choice by the World Health Organization (WHO) for cancer pain management. It is associated with delay in gastro-intestinal transit; as a result, patients may experience marked constipation. We describe a case of intestinal pseudo-obstruction associated with the use of oral morphine in a terminally ill cancer patient.

Keywords

routes of administrationoralintravenousmorphineintestinal pseudo-obstruction
Type
Case Report
Information
European Journal of Anaesthesiology , Volume 15 , Issue 3 , May 1998 , pp. 370 - 371
Copyright
1998 European Society of Anaesthesiology

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