Comparison of short-term versus long-term epidural analgesia after limited thoracotomy with special reference to pain score, pulmonary function, and respiratory muscle strength

Surgery Today

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 191-195

  Nomori, Hiroaki ^a   Horio, Hirotoshi ^a   Suemasu, Keiichi ^a  

^a SAISEIKAI CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Epidural analgesia; Lung cancer; Postoperative pain control; Pulmonary function; Respiratory muscle strength; Withdrawal pain

Indexed keywords

MORPHINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREATHING MUSCLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; THORACOTOMY; THORAX PAIN; VITAL CAPACITY;

AGED; ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LUNG VOLUME MEASUREMENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORPHINE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PNEUMONECTOMY; RESPIRATORY MUSCLES; THORACOTOMY;

EID: 0035086607     PISSN: 09411291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s005950170167     Document Type: Article

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