Epidural anesthesia and analgesia in cardiac surgery

Minerva Anestesiologica

Volumn 74, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 617-618

  Landoni, Giovanni ^a  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; FIBRINOGEN; HEPARIN; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CLINICAL TRIAL; EDITORIAL; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK REDUCTION; THORAX EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; THROMBOSIS;

ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ANESTHESIA, EPIDURAL; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FIBRINOGEN; HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME;

EID: 57349191637     PISSN: 03759393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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