Analgesia and pulmonary function after lung surgery: Is a single intercostal nerve block plus patient-controlled intravenous morphine as effective as patient-controlled epidural anaesthesia? A randomized non-inferiority clinical trial

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 580-589

  Meierhenrich, R ^a   Hock, D ^a   Kuhn S ^a   Baltes, E ^a   Muehling, B ^a   Muche, R ^a   Georgieff, M ^a   Gorsewski, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

anaesthesia, epidural; nerve block; pain, postoperative; pulmonary ventilation; thoracotomy

Indexed keywords

MORPHINE; ROPIVACAINE; SUFENTANIL;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INSPIRATORY CAPACITY; INTERCOSTAL NERVE BLOCK; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG TUMOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHOULDER PAIN; THORACOTOMY; THORAX EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA;

EID: 79952970197     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aeq418     Document Type: Article

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