Thoracic epidural anesthesia and cardiac surgery: Balancing postoperative risks associated with hematoma formation and thromboembolic phenomenon

Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 768-771

  Chaney, Mark A ^a   Labovsky, Julia K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac surgery; Hematoma; Postoperative risk; Regional anesthesia; Thoracic epidural anesthesia; Thromboembolism

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ENOXAPARIN; FENTANYL; FUROSEMIDE; HEPARIN; ISOFLURANE; MIDAZOLAM; PANCURONIUM; SIMVASTATIN; TAMSULOSIN; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING; CASE REPORT; HEART SURGERY; HEMATOMA; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTHROMBIN TIME; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; THORAX EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ANESTHESIA, EPIDURAL; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; HEMATOMA; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA, INDUCED; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROTHROMBIN TIME; RISK; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TRICUSPID VALVE;

EID: 28444451429     PISSN: 10530770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2005.03.033     Document Type: Article

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