Table 4: Guidelines for PCA of opioids

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The Management of Postoperative Pain (Continued)

Table 4: Guidelines for patient controlled intravenous opioid administration

Drug
(Concentration) Size of
bolus (mg) Lockout interval
(min)

Morphine
(1mg/ml) 0.5-2.5 5-10

Pethidine
(10mg/ml) 5-25 5-1

Methadone
(1mg/ml) 0.5-2.5 8-20

Fentanyl
(1mg/ml) 0.01-0.02 3-10