Thoracic epidural analgesia in anaesthesia for liver transplantation: The 10-year experience of a single centre

Annals of Transplantation

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 35-39

  Trzebicki, Janusz ^a   Nicińska, Barbara ^a   Błaszczyk, Beata ^a   Jureczko, Lidia ^a   Kołacz, Marcin ^a   Pacholczyk, Marek ^a   Chmura, Andrzej ^a   Łagiewska, Beata ^a   Adadyński, Leszek ^a   Małkowski, Piotr ^a   Wasiak, Dariusz ^a   Lisik, Wojciech ^a   Kwiatkowski, Artur ^a   Łazowski, Tomasz ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia; Liver transplantation; Thoracic epidural analgesia

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; CISATRACURIUM; FENTANYL; MIDANIUM; MIDAZOLAM; NEOSTIGMINE; PROPOFOL; SUFENTANIL CITRATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; EPIDURAL CATHETER; EXTUBATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; THORAX EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; THROMBOELASTOGRAPHY; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; INTRAVENOUS ANESTHESIA; MIDDLE AGED; POLAND; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ANESTHESIA, INTRAVENOUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLAND; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL;

EID: 77954647464     PISSN: 14259524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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