Influence of thoracic epidural analgesia on cardiovascular autonomic control after thoracic surgery

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 525-531

  Licker, Marc Joseph ^a   Spiliopoulos, A ^a   Tschopp, J M ^b  

^a Faculty of Medicine   (Switzerland)

^b Centre Valaisan de Pneumologie   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Anaesthetic techniques, epidural; Heart, heart rate; Reflexes, baroreceptor; Surgery, thoracic; Sympathetic nervous system

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BUPIVACAINE; FENTANYL; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; ISOFLURANE; KETOROLAC; LIDOCAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; METOPROLOL; MIDAZOLAM; MORPHINE; OPIATE; OXYGEN; PHENYLEPHRINE; RINGER LACTATE SOLUTION; THIOPENTAL;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; HEART RATE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTENSION; LUNG CANCER; MALE; MODULATION; MORBIDITY; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TACHYCARDIA; THORAX EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; THORAX SURGERY; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 0141927918     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aeg212     Document Type: Article

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