Anesthetic Management for Esophageal Resection

Anesthesiology Clinics

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 731-747

  Jaeger, J Michael ^a   Collins, Stephen R ^a   Blank, Randal S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Anesthesia; Esophageal cancer; Esophagectomy; Intraoperative management; Perioperative complications; Postoperative management

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; AMIODARONE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BUPIVACAINE; HYPERTENSIVE AGENT; INFUSION FLUID; NORADRENALIN; OPIATE; ROPIVACAINE; SUFENTANIL;

ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ANESTHESIA; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; ATELECTASIS; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CHYLOTHORAX; ENTERIC FEEDING; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; ESOPHAGUS ANASTOMOSIS; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; ESOPHAGUS STENOSIS; FLUID THERAPY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; HYPERCAPNIA; HYPOXEMIA; HYPOXIA; LEG COMPRESSION; LOW DRUG DOSE; LUNG COMPLICATION; LUNG EDEMA; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALNUTRITION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PLEURA EFFUSION; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; POSTGASTRECTOMY SYNDROME; REVIEW; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; THORAX INJURY; TIDAL VOLUME; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; VENTILATOR INDUCED LUNG INJURY;

ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; ANESTHESIA; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; ESOPHAGOGASTRIC JUNCTION; ESOPHAGUS; FLUID THERAPY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; LUNG DISEASES; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PERFUSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; STOMACH; THROMBOEMBOLISM; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS;

EID: 84867886037     PISSN: 19322275     EISSN: 22103538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anclin.2012.08.005     Document Type: Review

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