Evaluation of intercostal cryoanalgesia versus conventional analgesia in postthoracotomy pain

Respiration

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 241-245

  Pastor, J ^a   Morales, P ^a   Cases, E ^a   Cordero, P ^a   Piqueras, A ^a   Galan G ^a   Paris, F ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA FE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cryoanalgesia; Respiratory pressures, maximal static; Thoracotomy

Indexed keywords

AMINOPHENAZONE; ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOANESTHESIA; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERCOSTAL MUSCLE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; THORACOTOMY;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA, INDUCED; INTERCOSTAL MUSCLES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PALLIATIVE CARE; RESPIRATORY MUSCLES; THORACOTOMY;

EID: 0029894808     PISSN: 00257931     EISSN: 14230356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000196553     Document Type: Article

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