A prospective, randomized, blinded comparison between continuous thoracic paravertebral and epidural infusion of 0.2% ropivacaine after lung resection surgery

European Journal of Anaesthesiology

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 999-1004

  Casati, Andrea ^a   Alessandrini, P ^a   Nuzzi, M ^a   Tosi, M ^a   Iotti, E ^a   Ampollini, L ^a   Bobbio, A ^a   Rossini, E ^a   Fanelli, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia conduction, paravertebral block; Anaesthesia, epidural; Local anaesthetic agents, ropivacaine; Postoperative period, analgesia; Thoracic surgery, postoperative complications

Indexed keywords

ATRACURIUM; ATROPINE; FENTANYL; MORPHINE; NEOSTIGMINE; PARACETAMOL; PROPOFOL; ROPIVACAINE; SEVOFLURANE;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTERIAL OXYGEN TENSION; ARTICLE; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DRUG EFFICACY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INFUSION RATE; INSPIRATORY CAPACITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LUNG RESECTION; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REST; SCORING SYSTEM; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; THORACOTOMY; TIME; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VERTEBRA; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; AMIDES; ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BLOOD PRESSURE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG ADMINISTRATION ROUTES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THORACOTOMY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33750370316     PISSN: 02650215     EISSN: 13652346     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0265021506001104     Document Type: Article

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