How important is postoperative pain after cardiac surgery?

Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 705-707

  Chaney, Mark A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; MORPHINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE;

ANESTHESIST; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; EDITORIAL; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EPIDURAL HEMATOMA; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INTRAVENOUS ANESTHESIA; KIDNEY DISEASE; LUNG DISEASE; MYOCARDIAL DISEASE; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; STROKE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THROMBOEMBOLISM; URINE RETENTION;

ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; RISK ASSESSMENT; THORACOTOMY;

EID: 28844492163     PISSN: 10530770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2005.09.002     Document Type: Editorial

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