Improved pain management outcomes with continuous infusion of a local anesthetic after thoracotomy

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 464-468

  Wheatley III, Grayson H ^a   Rosenbaum, David H ^a   Paul, Michelle C ^a   Dine, Alan P ^b   Wait, Michael A ^a,c   Meyer, Dan M ^a   Jessen, Michael E ^a   Ring, W Steves ^a   DiMaio, J Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b I Flow Corporation   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; BUPIVACAINE; ELASTOMER; FENTANYL; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; MORPHINE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTINUOUS EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCISION; INFUSION PUMP; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACOTOMY; WOUND HEALING IMPAIRMENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BUPIVACAINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFUSION PUMPS, IMPLANTABLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORPHINE; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; THORACOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 23044449263     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2005.02.011     Document Type: Article

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