Immediate extubation and epidural analgesia allow safe management in a high-dependency unit after two-stage oesophagectomy. Results of eight years of experience in a specialized upper gastrointestinal unit in a district general hospital

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 474-479

  Chandrashekar, M V ^a   Irving, M ^b   Wayman, J ^a   Raimes, Simon ^b   Linsley, A ^b  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b CUMBERLAND INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anaesthetic techniques, epidural; Complications, extubation tracheal; Surgery, gastrointestinal

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; DIAMORPHINE; ISOFLURANE; LORAZEPAM; MORPHINE; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING AGENT; NITROUS OXIDE PLUS OXYGEN; SEVOFLURANE; SUXAMETHONIUM;

ACUTE RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CANCER STAGING; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; EXTUBATION; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LUNG VENTILATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGEON; SURGICAL MORTALITY;

EID: 0345269204     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aeg091     Document Type: Article

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