Use of epidural anesthesia and spontaneous ventilation during transabdominal colon and rectal procedures in selected high-risk patient groups

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 339-343

  Kolker, Adam R ^a   Hirsch, Christian J ^a   Gingold, Bruce S ^a,b   Stamatos, John M ^a   Wallack, Marc K ^a  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Colon surgery; Epidural anesthesia; Rectal surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COLON SURGERY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECTUM SURGERY; SURGICAL MORTALITY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANESTHESIA, EPIDURAL; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; COLONIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG DISEASES, OBSTRUCTIVE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECTAL DISEASES; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0030999096     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02050426     Document Type: Article

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