Thoracic epidural anesthesia for cardiac surgery: The effects on tracheal intubation time and length of hospital stay

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 275-282

  Priestley, Mark C ^a   Cope, Louise ^a   Halliwell, Richard ^a   Gibson, Peter ^a   Chard, Richard B ^a   Skinner, Michael ^a   Klineberg, Peter L ^a  

^a WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; MORPHINE; PROPOFOL; ROPIVACAINE;

ADULT; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY SURGERY; DISEASE MARKER; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EXTUBATION; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR SURGERY; MALE; MOBILIZATION; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPIROMETRY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0036148802     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/00000539-200202000-00009     Document Type: Article

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