Epidural ropivacaine or sufentanil-ropivacaine infusions for post-thoracotomy pain

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 375-379

  Tuncel, Gonca ^a,b   Ozalp, Gulcin ^a   Savli, Serpil ^a   Canoler, Ozgur ^a   Kaya, Mensure ^a   Kadiogullari, Nihal ^a  

^a ANKARA ONCOLOGY HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Epidural analgesia; Local anaesthetic; Opioid; Ropivacaine; Sufentanil; Thoracotomy

Indexed keywords

ROPIVACAINE; SUFENTANIL;

ADULT; ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; BODY HEIGHT; BOLUS INJECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EPIDURAL CATHETER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PARESTHESIA; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; SEDATION; SIDE EFFECT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THORACOTOMY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AMIDES; ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SUFENTANIL; THORACOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 23844461472     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2005.05.017     Document Type: Conference Paper

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