Peri-operative thoracic epidural analgesia for thoracotomy

European Journal of Anaesthesiology

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 600-603

  Schultz, A M ^a   Werba, A ^a   Ulbing, S ^b   Gollmann, G ^b   Lehofer, F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b Krankenhaus des Deutschen Ordens   (Austria)

Author keywords

Postoperative pain; Surgery thoracic; Thoracic epidural analgesia

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; FENTANYL; INTRAVENOUS ANESTHETIC AGENT; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; PROPOFOL; VECURONIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFICACY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EPIDURAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOBILIZATION; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; THORACIC SPINE; THORACOTOMY; THORAX SURGERY;

EID: 0031474111     PISSN: 02650215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003643-199711000-00007     Document Type: Article

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