Postthoracotomy pain management

Chest Surgery Clinics of North America

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 251-263

  Savage, Clare ^a   McQuitty, Christopher ^b   Wang, DongFang ^a   Zwischenberger, Joseph B ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANESTHETIC AGENT; BUPIVACAINE; FENTANYL; HYDROMORPHONE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; MORPHINE; OPIATE; PETHIDINE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

CLINICAL TRIAL; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EPIDURAL CATHETER; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERCOSTAL NERVE BLOCK; LUNG VENTILATION PERFUSION RATIO; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MOBILIZATION; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; REVIEW; SEDATION; THORACOSCOPY; THORACOTOMY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; ALGORITHM; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG COMBINATION; DRUG EFFECT; INTERCOSTAL NERVE; METHODOLOGY; NERVE BLOCK; PLEURA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPINAL NERVE;

ALGORITHMS; ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HUMAN; INTERCOSTAL NERVES; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PLEURA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; SPINAL NERVES; THORACOTOMY; HUMANS;

EID: 0035992106     PISSN: 10523359     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1052-3359(02)00011-X     Document Type: Review

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