Longterm morphine administration in newborn

Background: Morphine is a standard postoperative pain treatment in newborns. Continuous infusion or intermittent intravenous boluses are the common forms of usage. To prevent complications of long term intravenous lines and provide a more comfortable situation morphine is administered subcutaneously. Objective: Cohort study which analyzed the data of newborn patients who were treated postoperatively with morphine via a subcutaneous catheter. Methods: 20 newborn patients were analyzed. After a certain time of continuous morphine infusion patients received morphine boluses via a special subcutaneous catheter (Figu…