Ultrasound-guided thoracic paravertebral catheter placement in a patient undergoing thoracotomy who had the relative contraindication of thrombocytopenia to epidural placement

Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 666-668

  Nguyen, Van H ^a   De Souza, Duncan G ^a   Blank, Randal S ^a   Aden, Justin M ^a   Park, Donald D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

analgesia; catheter; nerve block; paravertebral; thoracotomy; thrombocytopenia

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; FENTANYL; LIDOCAINE; MORPHINE; OXYGEN; ROPIVACAINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATELECTASIS; BACKACHE; BODY MASS; BODY POSTURE; BODY WEIGHT; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CATHETER; CATHETERIZATION; COLD SENSATION; DERMATOME; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMPHYSEMA; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EPIDURAL CATHETER; EPIDURAL HEMATOMA; EXTUBATION; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HOME CARE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; LUNG LOBECTOMY; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; OBESITY; OXYGEN THERAPY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PEROPERATIVE CARE; PLEURA; POSTANESTHESIA CARE; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RIB; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SHOULDER PAIN; SKIN BRUISING; SURGICAL RISK; THORACIC PARAVERTEBRAL CATHETER; THORACOTOMY; THORAX; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TUBE REMOVAL; ULTRASOUND; ULTRASOUND GUIDED THORACIC PARAVERTEBRAL CATHETERIZATION; VERTEBRA; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; CATHETERIZATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; THORACOTOMY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 84863480364     PISSN: 10530770     EISSN: 15328422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2011.06.012     Document Type: Article

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