Tunneled epidural catheter infections in noncancer pain: Increased risk in patients with neuropathic pain/complex regional pain syndrome

Clinical Journal of Pain

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 82-89

  Hayek, Salim Michel ^a   Paige, Brittany ^a   Girgis, Girgis ^a   Kapural, Leonardo ^a   Fattouh, Maher ^a   Xu, Meng ^a   Stanton Hicks, Michael ^a   Mekhail, Nagy A ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Complication; CRPS; Epidural infection; Neuropathic pain; Noncancer pain; Somatic pain; Superficial infection; Tunneled epidural catheter

Indexed keywords

ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PAIN; CATHETER INFECTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROME; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDURAL ABSCESS; EPIDURAL CATHETER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFLAMMATION; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; ADOLESCENT; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EVALUATION; FOLLOW UP; INFECTION; MIDDLE AGED; NEURALGIA; PAIN; PAIN CLINIC; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK; SEX DIFFERENCE; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROMES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURALGIA; ODDS RATIO; PAIN; PAIN CLINICS; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33644880279     PISSN: 07498047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ajp.0000151872.97148.f6     Document Type: Article

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