Prospective survey of patient-controlled epidural analgesia with bupivacaine and hydromorphone in 3736 postoperative orthopedic patients

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 351-354

  Liu, Spencer S ^a   Bieltz, Mihai ^a   Wukovits, Barbara ^a   John, Raymond S ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; BUPIVACAINE; FENTANYL; HYDROMORPHONE; KETAMINE; LIDOCAINE; MELOXICAM; MEPIVACAINE; MIDAZOLAM; PROPOFOL; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; THIAZINE DERIVATIVE; THIAZOLE DERIVATIVE;

ADD ON THERAPY; ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EPIDURAL ABSCESS; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EPIDURAL HEMATOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; PATIENT MONITORING; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PRURITUS; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; SEDATION; SIDE EFFECT; SURGICAL PATIENT; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; AGED; DRUG COMBINATION; ELECTIVE SURGERY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

AGED; ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ANALGESIA, PATIENT-CONTROLLED; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; BUPIVACAINE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ELECTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; HYDROMORPHONE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THIAZINES; THIAZOLES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77954406050     PISSN: 10987339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AAP.0b013e3181e6ac3a     Document Type: Article

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