The use of epidural analgesia in cardiac surgery should be encouraged [24]

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 103, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1592-

  Hemmerling, Thomas M ^a   Djaiani, George ^b   Babb, Patricia ^c   Williams, John P ^d  

^a MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE; ANESTHETIC AGENT; HEPARIN; ADRENALIN; BUPIVACAINE; FENTANYL; MORPHINE;

ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CATHETER REMOVAL; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EPIDURAL HEMATOMA; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART SURGERY; HEPARINIZATION; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; KIDNEY DISEASE; LETTER; LUNG COMPLICATION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTHROMBIN TIME; REGISTER; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL RISK; TREATMENT OUTCOME; AGE; BLOOD CLOTTING; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; HEART DISEASE; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK REDUCTION; THORAX EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; CATHETERIZATION; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; SPINAL HEMATOMA;

ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CATHETERIZATION; HEMATOMA, EPIDURAL, SPINAL; HUMANS; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE;

EID: 33845681138     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ane.0000246290.57890.d0     Document Type: Letter

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