Epidural analgesia improves outcome in cardiac surgery: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 586-597

  Bignami, Elena ^a,b   Landoni, Giovanni ^a,b   Biondi Zoccai, Giuseppe G L ^c   Boroli, Filippo ^a,b   Messina, Melissa ^a,b   Dedola, Elisa ^a,b   Nobile, Leda ^a,b   Buratti, Luca ^a,b   Sheiban, Imad ^c   Zangrillo, Alberto ^a,b  

^a VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

anesthesia; cardiac anesthesia; cardiac surgery; epidural; mortality; myocardial infarction; peridural

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; MORPHINE; SUFENTANIL;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEART INFARCTION; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77955711694     PISSN: 10530770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2009.09.015     Document Type: Article

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