Postoperative pain relief using thoracic epidural analgesia: Outstanding success and disappointing failures

Anaesthesia

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 75-81

  McLeod, G A ^a   Davies, H T O ^b   Munnoch, N ^c   Bannister, J ^a   Macrae, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia, regional: epidural; Pain: postoperative

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; BUPIVACAINE; DIAMORPHINE; FENTANYL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EPIDURAL CATHETER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OPERATION DURATION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRESSURE; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035143463     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2044.2001.01763-7.x     Document Type: Article

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