Epidural anesthesia and analgesia: Effects on recovery from cardiac surgery

Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 15-20

  Fillinger, Mary P ^a,b   Yeager, Mark P ^a,b   Dodds, Thomas M ^a,b   Fillinger, Mark F ^a,b   Whalen, P Kate ^a,b   Glass, D David ^a,b  

^a DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiopulmonary bypass; Cortisol; Epidural; Local anesthetic; Pain; Postoperative complication; Surgical outcome

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ADRENALIN; BUPIVACAINE; CATECHOLAMINE; DOPAMINE; FENTANYL; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; GLYCOPYRRONIUM BROMIDE; HEPARIN; HYDROCORTISONE; ISOFLURANE; LIDOCAINE; MIDAZOLAM; MORPHINE; NEOSTIGMINE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; OPIATE; PANCURONIUM; PHENYLEPHRINE; THIOPENTAL; VASODILATOR AGENT; VECURONIUM; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHETIC RECOVERY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EXTUBATION; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEART DISEASE; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE URINE LEVEL; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PEROPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEDATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036171107     PISSN: 10530770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jcan.2002.29639     Document Type: Article

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