Awake anaesthesia for major thoracic surgical procedures: an observational study

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 346-350

  Al Abdullatief, Mohammad ^a   Wahood, Abdulrazzak ^a   Al Shirawi, Nehad ^a   Arabi, Yaseen ^a   Wahba, Mohammed ^a   Al Jumah, Mohammed ^a   Al Sheha, Saud ^a   Yamani, Nizar ^a  

^a KING SAUD BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia recovery period; Epidural analgesia; General anaesthesia; Thoracic surgery; Thoracic surgical procedures; Thymectomy; Video assisted thoracic surgery

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; BUPIVACAINE; FENTANYL; LIDOCAINE; MIDAZOLAM; PROPOFOL; ROCURONIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; GANGLION BLOCK; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX SURGERY; WAKEFULNESS;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA, EPIDURAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED; THORACIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 34447095852     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2007.04.029     Document Type: Article

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