High thoracic epidural analgesia for cardiac surgery: An audit of 874 cases

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 374-377

  Royse, C F ^a,b   Soeding, P F ^a,b   Royse, A G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Audit; Cardiac surgery; Epidural

Indexed keywords

ENOXAPARIN; HEPARIN;

AGED; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; EPIDURAL HEMATOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; OFF PUMP CORONARY SURGERY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORAX EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA;

EID: 34250628870     PISSN: 0310057X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0310057x0703500309     Document Type: Article

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