Effectiveness of ropivacaine and fentanyl for postoperative epidural analgesia following thoracic surgery

Japanese Journal of Anesthesiology

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 2-7

  Suzuki, Asaha ^a   Osawa, Satoru ^a   Kanai, Akifumi ^a   Ozawa, Akiko ^a   Okamoto, Hirotsugu ^a   Hoka, Sumio ^a  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Epidural analgesia; Fentanyl; Patient controlled analgesia; Postoperative pain; Ropivacaine

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; ROPIVACAINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BOLUS INJECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INFUSION; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; NAUSEA; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; SIDE EFFECT; THORAX SURGERY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMIDES; ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ANALGESIA, PATIENT-CONTROLLED; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; FEMALE; FENTANYL; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, EPIDURAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; THORACIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 13544253394     PISSN: 00214892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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