High thoracic epidural analgesia in cardiac surgery: Part 2 - High thoracic epidural analgesia does not reduce time in or improve quality of recovery in the intensive care unit

Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1048-1054

  Nielsen, Dorthe Viemose ^a   Bhavsar, Rajesh ^a   Greisen, Jacob ^a   Ryhammer, Pia Katarina ^a   Sloth, Erik ^a   Jakobsen, Carl Johan ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

cardiac anesthesia; epidural; fast track; intensive care unit; recovery; thoracic epidural

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868300327     PISSN: 10530770     EISSN: 15328422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2012.05.008     Document Type: Article

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