A combination of intrathecal morphine and remifentanil anesthesia for fast-track cardiac anesthesia and surgery

Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 709-714

  Bowler, Ian ^a,b   Djaiani, George ^a,b   Abel, Robert ^a,b   Pugh, Stephen ^a,b   Dunne, John ^a,b   Hall, Judith ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cardiac surgery; Early extubation; Fast track cardiac anesthesia (FTCA); Intrathecal morphine; Pulmonary function tests; Remifentanil

Indexed keywords

ETOMIDATE; FENTANYL; MORPHINE; REMIFENTANIL; TEMAZEPAM;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; APNEA; ARTICLE; CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EXTUBATION; FEMALE; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; MUSCLE RELAXATION; OXYGEN TENSION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEDATION; SPIROMETRY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 0036950660     PISSN: 10530770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jcan.2002.128414     Document Type: Article

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