Preventing the Development of Chronic Pain After Thoracic Surgery

Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 890-903

  Reuben, Scott S ^a   Yalavarthy, Lakshmi ^a  

^a BAYSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

chronic pain; multimodal analgesia; post thoracotomy pain syndrome; preventative analgesia; thoracic surgery

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANESTHETIC AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BUPIVACAINE; CELECOXIB; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2 INHIBITOR; DICLOFENAC; GABAPENTIN; IBUPROFEN; KETAMINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; MEPIVACAINE; MORPHINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; NAPROXEN; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; NIMESULIDE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL; PLACEBO; PREGABALIN; ROPIVACAINE;

CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CRYOANESTHESIA; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG POTENTIATION; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HALLUCINATION; HUMAN; INTERCOSTAL NERVE BLOCK; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; LOW DRUG DOSE; MONOTHERAPY; MORBIDITY; NIGHTMARE; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEDATION; SIDE EFFECT; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; THORACOTOMY; THORAX EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; THORAX SURGERY; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ANALGESIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; THORACIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 56349161009     PISSN: 10530770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2008.02.016     Document Type: Review

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