Ropivacaine vs. levobupivacaine combined with sufentanil for epidural analgesia after lung surgery

European Journal of Anaesthesiology

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1020-1025

  De Cosmo, G ^a   Congedo, E ^a   Lai, C ^a   Sgreccia, M ^a   Amato, A ^a   Beccia, G ^a   Aceto, P ^a  

^a FONDAZIONE POLICLINICO UNIVERSITARIO A GEMELLI IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Epidural analgesia; Levobupivacaine; Pain acute and postoperative; Ropivacaine; Surgery; Thoracic

Indexed keywords

ATRACURIUM; LEVOBUPIVACAINE; MORPHINE; PROPOFOL; ROPIVACAINE; SUFENTANIL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRADYPNEA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LOADING DRUG DOSE; LUNG RESECTION; LUNG SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECOVERY ROOM; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; THORACOTOMY; URINE RETENTION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMIDES; ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ANALGESIA, PATIENT-CONTROLLED; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BUPIVACAINE; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PNEUMONECTOMY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUFENTANIL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 55749103075     PISSN: 02650215     EISSN: 13652346     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0265021508004638     Document Type: Article

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