Postthoracotomy Pain Management Problems

Anesthesiology Clinics

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 355-367

  Gerner, Peter ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; BUPIVACAINE; LIDOCAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; NARCOTIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; PARACETAMOL; ROPIVACAINE;

BRACHIAL PLEXUS ANESTHESIA; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DIAPHRAGM MOVEMENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; INTERCOSTAL NERVE; INTERCOSTAL NERVE BLOCK; INTRAVENOUS ANESTHESIA; META ANALYSIS; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE INJURY; NEURALGIA; PHRENIC NERVE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; REVIEW; SHOULDER PAIN; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THORACOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMALS; CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; THORACOTOMY;

EID: 43049151798     PISSN: 19322275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anclin.2008.01.007     Document Type: Review

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