Intermittent infusion of 0.25% bupivacaine through an intrapleural catheter for post-thoracotomy pain relief

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 284-288

  Tetik, Ömer ^b   Islamoglu, Fatih ^a   Ayan, Erhan ^b   Duran, Mehmet ^b   Buket, Suat ^b   Çekirdekçi, Ahmet ^b  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; CARBON DIOXIDE; DICLOFENAC; OXYGEN; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTERIAL CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; ARTERIAL OXYGEN SATURATION; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; ATELECTASIS; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CATHETER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INFUSION; DRUG SCREENING; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INJECTION; LOBECTOMY; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RECORDING; SURGICAL PATIENT; THORACOTOMY; TIME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 1642523314     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(03)01338-9     Document Type: Article

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