Analgesic techniques following thoracic surgery: A survey of United Kingdom practice

European Journal of Anaesthesiology

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 897-899

  Kotemane, Naren C ^a   Gopinath, Niraj ^a   Vaja, Rakesh ^a  

^a GLENFIELD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Paravertebral blocks; Thoracic surgery

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; MORPHINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL; TRAMADOL;

ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DECORTICATION; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; LOBECTOMY; MAJOR SURGERY; NERVE BLOCK; PARAVERTEBRAL BLOCK; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; PLEURECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; THORACOTOMY; UNITED KINGDOM; VIDEO ASSISTED THORACOSCOPIC SURGERY;

ANALGESIA; ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ANALGESIA, PATIENT-CONTROLLED; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MORPHINE; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; QUESTIONNAIRES; THORACIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; THORACOTOMY;

EID: 77956800066     PISSN: 02650215     EISSN: 13652346     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EJA.0b013e32833d1259     Document Type: Article

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