Intraoperative Magnesium Sulfate can Reduce Narcotic Requirement after Coronary Bypass Surgery

authors:

avatar Seyed Mostafa alavi 1 , *

Iran

how to cite: alavi S M. Intraoperative Magnesium Sulfate can Reduce Narcotic Requirement after Coronary Bypass Surgery. Multidiscip Cardio Annal. 2011;3(1):e8734. 

Abstract

Narcotics are the most common drugs that have been used after cardiac
surgery. Everyone knows that their side effects including respiratory depression, hemodynamic
instability, and nausea, vomiting and itching are dose dependent. Magnesium
is both N Methyl D Aspartate (NMDA) – receptor and calcium receptor antagonist
and can modify important mechanisms of nociception. The purpose of this study
was to investigate the effect of magnesium sulfate on pain score and reducing narcotic
requirement in coronary artery bypass surgery patients

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