A Randomized Controlled Trial of Bupivacaine Through Intracostal Catheters for Pain Management After Thoracotomy

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 903-910

  Allen, Mark S ^a   Halgren, Lisa ^a   Nichols III, Francis C ^a   Cassivi, Stephen D ^a   Harmsen, William S ^a   Wigle, Dennis A ^a   Shen, K Robert ^a   Deschamps, Claude ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; MORPHINE; PLACEBO;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ANTIREFLUX OPERATION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CATHETER; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFUSION PUMP; INTERCOSTAL MUSCLE; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RIB; RIB FRACTURE; THORACOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; AGED; ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ANALGESIA, PATIENT-CONTROLLED; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; BUPIVACAINE; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORPHINE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PNEUMONECTOMY; THORACOTOMY;

EID: 68849091764     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.04.139     Document Type: Article

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