High thoracic epidural analgesia reduces the risk of long-term depression in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery

Annals of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 32-35

  Royse, Colin ^a,c   Remedios, Cheryl ^d   Royse, Alistair ^b,c  

^a Department of Anaesthesia and Pain Management ^*  (Australia)

^b ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coronary artery bypass surgery; Depression; High thoracic epidural analgesia

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DEPRESSION; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34447307717     PISSN: 13411098     EISSN: 21861005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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