A Pulsatile Pressure Waveform Is a Sensitive Marker for Confirming the Location of the Thoracic Epidural Space

Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 659-663

  Lennox, Pamela H ^a   Umedaly, Hamed S ^a   Grant, Raymer P ^a   White, S Adrian ^a   Fitzmaurice, Brett G ^a   Evans, Kenneth G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

analgesia; epidural; epidural catheter; epidural needle; postoperative pain management; pressure waveform; surgery; thoracic; thoracotomy

Indexed keywords

LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDURAL CATHETER; EPIDURAL SPACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEEDLE; PARAMETER; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULSATILE PRESSURE WAVEFORM; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; THORACOTOMY; VALIDITY;

AGED; ANESTHESIA, EPIDURAL; CATHETERIZATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EPIDURAL SPACE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULSATILE FLOW; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; THORACOTOMY;

EID: 33749134019     PISSN: 10530770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2006.02.022     Document Type: Article

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