Less invasive cardiac anesthesia: An ultra-fast-track procedure avoiding thoracic epidural analgesia

Heart Surgery Forum

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 528-530

  Brucek, Peter Jan ^a,b   Straka, Zbynek ^a   Vanek, Tomas ^a   Jares, Martin ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b NONE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATRACURIUM; ATROPINE; INOTROPIC AGENT; ISOFLURANE; PETHIDINE; REMIFENTANIL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY SURGERY; EXTRACORPOREAL CIRCULATION; EXTUBATION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART SURGERY; HEART VALVE SURGERY; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LUNG INSUFFICIENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OPERATING ROOM; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORAX EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEART VALVE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; REOPERATION; TIME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEART VALVES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REOPERATION; TIME FACTORS; VENTILATOR WEANING;

EID: 0346656703     PISSN: 10983511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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