Experience of Remifentanil in Extremely Low-birth-weight Babies Undergoing Laparotomy

• Main Authors: Maria Sammartino (Author), Rossella Garra (Author), Fabio Sbaraglia (Author), Mariella De Riso (Author), Nicola Continolo (Author), Patrizia Papacci (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2011-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Premature babies experience pain and require adequate analgesia for any painful procedure. Fentanyl and morphine resulted in safe and effective anesthesia in the past; however, their pharmacokinetics may be impaired in preterm babies with multiorgan failure. Remifentanil, despite the absence of avai...