Epidural Abscess after Patient-Controlled Epidural Analgesia. Case Report;Abscesso Peridural após Analgesia Controlada pelo Paciente por Via Peridural. Relato de Caso

Revista Brasileira de Anestesiologia

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 78-83

  De Abreu, Múcio Paranhos ^a,c   De Góis Deda, Roberto ^a   Cangiani, Luis Henrique ^a   Diógenes Aquino, Hernando Mauro ^a   Ortiz, Jair ^b  

^a CET/SBA   (Brazil)

^b Centro Medico de Campinas   (Brazil)

^c NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Analgesia, Postoperative: patient controlled analgesia; Complications: epidural abscess

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; FENTANYL; MIDAZOLAM; ROPIVACAINE;

ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BOLUS INJECTION; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC PAIN; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; EPIDURAL ABSCESS; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; HIP SURGERY; HUMAN; HYPEREMIA; INFUSION PUMP; LAMINECTOMY; LOW BACK PAIN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PUNCTURE; SKIN DECONTAMINATION; SKIN INCISION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0346500755     PISSN: 00347094     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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