Thoracic sympatholysis with epidural blockade assessed by quantitative measurement of cutaneous blood flow

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1037-1041

  Nygård, Eigil ^a   Sejrsen, P ^a   Kofoed, K F ^a  

^a GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Anesthesia; Epidural; Heat wash in technique; Heat wash out technique; Regional skin blood flow; Sympathetic blockade

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; HEATING; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SYMPATHETIC TONE; THORAX EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA;

AGED; ANESTHESIA, EPIDURAL; AUTONOMIC NERVE BLOCK; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN; SKIN TEMPERATURE; THORAX;

EID: 0036723973     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-6576.2002.460819.x     Document Type: Article

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