Intestinal effects of thoracic epidural anesthesia

Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 644-648

  Freise, Hendrik ^a   Fischer, Lars G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Intestinal motility; Mucosal perfusion; Sympathetic block; Thoracic epidural anesthesia

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL ILLNESS; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; ILEUS; INTESTINE MOTILITY; INTESTINE PERFUSION; LAPAROTOMY; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPLANCHNIC NERVE; SYMPATHETIC TONE; THORAX EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA;

ANESTHESIA, EPIDURAL; ANIMALS; AUTONOMIC NERVE BLOCK; CRITICAL ILLNESS; ENDOSCOPY, DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; HUMANS; INTESTINES; SPLANCHNIC NERVES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 70349145847     PISSN: 09527907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACO.0b013e32832eb7e8     Document Type: Review

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