Parasternal Intercostal Block With Ropivacaine for Pain Management After Cardiac Surgery: A Double-Blind, Randomized, Controlled Trial

Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 547-553

  Barr, Althea M ^a   Tutungi, Elli ^a   Almeida, Aubrey A ^a  

^a MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

cardiac surgery; local analgesia; parasternal intercostal block; postoperative pain; ropivacaine

Indexed keywords

CODEINE; MORPHINE; PARACETAMOL; ROPIVACAINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TRAMADOL;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EXTUBATION; FEMALE; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INTERCOSTAL NERVE BLOCK; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATORY ACIDOSIS; SIDE EFFECT; STERNUM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; AMIDES; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; DICLOFENAC; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; INTERCOSTAL NERVES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; ODDS RATIO; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PNEUMONECTOMY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34547208160     PISSN: 10530770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2006.09.003     Document Type: Article

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