Epidural analgesia for blunt thoracic injury - Which patients benefit most?

Injury

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1667-1671

  Yeh, Daniel Dante ^a   Kutcher, Matthew E ^b   Knudson, M Margaret ^b   Tang, Julin F ^c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Blunt thoracic injury; Epidural analgesia; Rib fractures

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EMPYEMA; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EPIDURAL CATHETER; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIB FRACTURE; THORAX DRAINAGE; THORAX INJURY;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ANALGESIA, PATIENT-CONTROLLED; CHEST TUBES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PATIENT SELECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RIB FRACTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 84865512218     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: 18790267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2012.05.022     Document Type: Article

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