Perioperative thoracic epidural analgesia in aortic surgery: Role of levobupivacaine

Minerva Anestesiologica

Volumn 69, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 751-761

  Launo, C ^a   Gastaldo, P ^a   Piccardo, F ^a   Palermo, S ^a   Demartini, A ^a   Grattarola, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anesthesia, epidural; Aorta, surgery; Bupivacaine; Pain postoperative, prevention and control

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; LEVOBUPIVACAINE; ROPIVACAINE; BUPIVACAINE; DRUG DERIVATIVE;

ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; AORTA SURGERY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SIDE EFFECT; SURGICAL MORTALITY; THORAX EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; ABDOMINAL AORTA; AGED; FEMALE; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; AORTA, ABDOMINAL; BUPIVACAINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

EID: 2442458986     PISSN: 03759393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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