Infiltration of the sternotomy wound and the mediastinal tube sites with 0.25% levobupivacaine as adjunctive treatment for postoperative pain after cardiac surgery

European Journal of Anaesthesiology

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 842-849

  Kocabas, S ^a,b   Yedicocuklu, D ^a   Yuksel, E ^a   Uysallar, E ^a   Askar, F ^a  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia conduction; Cardiac bypass; Pain acute and postoperative

Indexed keywords

DIAZEPAM; ETOMIDATE; FENTANYL; LEVOBUPIVACAINE; LIDOCAINE; MORPHINE; MORPHINE SULFATE; ONDANSETRON; OXYGEN; PLACEBO; PROPOFOL; SEVOFLURANE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; VECURONIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; COUGH SUPPRESSION; COUGHING; DRAIN; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG USE; EXTUBATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; KIRSCHNER WIRE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIASTINUM; NAUSEA; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; REST; SEDATION; STERNOTOMY; STERNUM; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SURGICAL WOUND; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINE RETENTION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; BUPIVACAINE; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORPHINE; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; STERNUM; THORACOTOMY; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 51349091467     PISSN: 02650215     EISSN: 13652346     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0265021508004614     Document Type: Article

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