Epidurals for cardiac surgery: Can we substantially reduce surgical morbidity or should we focus on quality of recovery?

Anesthesiology

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 232-233

  Royse, Colin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ANESTHETIC RECOVERY; COGNITION; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; EDITORIAL; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EPIDURAL HEMATOMA; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MORBIDITY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PARAPLEGIA; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; SURGICAL MORTALITY; THORAX EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA;

EID: 79251620140     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: 15281175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ALN.0b013e318201d184     Document Type: Editorial

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