Epidural analgesia compared with intravenous analgesia after pediatric posterior spinal fusion

Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 588-593

  Gauger, Virginia T ^a   Voepel Lewis, Terri D ^a   Burke, Constance N ^a   Kostrzewa, Amy J ^a   Caird, Michelle S ^b,c   Wagner, Deborah S ^a   Farley, Frances A ^b  

^a Department of Anesthesiology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^c Pediatric Orthopaedics Service   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidural; Pain management; Posterior spine fusion

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; DIAZEPAM; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; DOLASETRON MESILATE; FENTANYL; HYDROMORPHONE; MIDAZOLAM; NITROUS OXIDE; PARACETAMOL; PROPOFOL; SEVOFLURANE; SUFENTANIL;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; FEVER; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS; ILEUS; INTRAVENOUS ANESTHESIA; INTUBATION; MALE; MUSCLE SPASM; OXYGEN THERAPY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PARESTHESIA; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; PULSE OXIMETRY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; SEDATION; SIDE EFFECT; SPINE FUSION; SURGICAL PATIENT; THORACIC SPINE; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ADOLESCENT; ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ANALGESIA, PATIENT-CONTROLLED; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BUPIVACAINE; CATHETERIZATION; CHILD; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROMORPHONE; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCOLIOSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPASM; SPINAL FUSION;

EID: 69749096649     PISSN: 02716798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BPO.0b013e3181b2ba08     Document Type: Article

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