Update on anesthetic management for esophagectomy

Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 37-43

  Ng, Ju Mei ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Anesthesia; Esophagectomy; Operative management

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; AMIODARONE; DESFLURANE; EPHEDRINE; NORADRENALIN; PHENYLEPHRINE; PROPOFOL; SEVOFLURANE;

ACUTE LUNG INJURY; ADULT; ANALGESIA; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; CRYSTALLOID; DECOMPRESSION; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FLUID BALANCE; FLUID THERAPY; GRAFT PERFUSION; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFLAMMATION; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; LUNG COMPLIANCE; LUNG VENTILATION; MORBIDITY; PERFUSION PRESSURE; PNEUMONIA; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ASPIRATION; REVIEW; SURGICAL RISK; THORAX EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULARIZATION;

ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; ANESTHESIA; ESOPHAGECTOMY; FLUID THERAPY; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MORBIDITY; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE;

EID: 79952771290     PISSN: 09527907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACO.0b013e32834141f7     Document Type: Review

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