A randomized comparison of three methods of analgesia for chest drain removal in postcardiac surgical patients

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 205-209

  Akrofi, Maria ^a   Miller, Scott ^a   Colfar, Steve ^a   Corry, Peter R ^a   Fabri, Brian M ^a   Pullan, Mark D ^a   Russell, Glenn N ^a   Fox, Mark A ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL HEART AND CHEST HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; FENTANYL; MORPHINE; NITROUS OXIDE PLUS OXYGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BLOOD OXYGENATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DRUG EFFICACY; HEART RATE; HEART VALVE SURGERY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEDATION; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; THORAX DRAINAGE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

AGED; ANALGESIA; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BLOOD PRESSURE; BUPIVACAINE; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORPHINE; NITROUS OXIDE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 10944267090     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ANE.0000140237.96510.E5     Document Type: Article

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