A comparison of epidural and paravertebral catheterisation techniques in post-thoracotomy pain management

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 467-472

  Gulbahar, Gultekin ^a   Kocer, Bulent ^a   Muratli, Serife Nursel ^a   Yildirim, Erkan ^b   Gulbahar, Ozlem ^c   Dural, Koray ^a   Sakinci, Unal ^a  

^a ANKARA TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b Universal Hospitals Group   (Turkey)

^c GAZI UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Epidural blockade; Metabolic stress response; Paravertebral blockade; Post thoracotomy pain; Respiratory function tests

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; DICLOFENAC; FENTANYL; GLUCOSE; HYDROCORTISONE; PROPOFOL; SEVOFLURANE; VECURONIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; EPIDURAL CATHETER; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; FOLLOW UP; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTENSION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; METABOLIC STRESS; MORBIDITY; NAUSEA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANK SUM TEST; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRESS; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOTOMY; THORAX EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; URINE RETENTION; VERTEBRA; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BUPIVACAINE; DICLOFENAC; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW RATE; THORACOTOMY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 74249113219     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2009.05.057     Document Type: Article

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