Coronary artery bypass grafting in the awake patient combining high thoracic epidural and femoral nerve block: First series of 15 patients

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 184-189

  Noiseux, N ^a   Prieto, I ^a   Bracco, D ^b   Basile, F ^a   Hemmerling, T ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Analgesic techniques, regional, TEA; Conscious, awake; Surgery, cardiac

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; FENTANYL; HEPARIN; LIDOCAINE; MIDAZOLAM; SUFENTANIL;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ARTICLE; BREATHING MECHANICS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTUBATION; FEMALE; FEMORAL NERVE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE STIMULATION; OFF PUMP CORONARY SURGERY; PATIENT MONITORING; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAPHENOUS VEIN GRAFT; SURGICAL ANATOMY; THORAX EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; WAKEFULNESS; CONSCIOUSNESS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EVALUATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANESTHESIA, EPIDURAL; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; CONSCIOUSNESS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS, OFF-PUMP; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMORAL NERVE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 38949170715     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aem370     Document Type: Article

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