Use of continuous subcutaneous anesthetic infusion in cardiac surgical patients after median sternotomy

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Koukis, Ioannis ^a   Argiriou, Mihalis ^a   Dimakopoulou, Antonia ^b   Panagiotakopoulos, Victor ^a   Theakos, Nikolaos ^a   Charitos, Christos ^a  

^a EVANGELISMOS HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b G GENNIMATAS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIDE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; ROPIVACAINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART DISEASE; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; STERNUM; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AMIDES; ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; MALE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; STERNUM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 40349113423     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17498090     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1749-8090-3-2     Document Type: Article

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