Comparison between systemic analgesia, continuous wound catheter analgesia and continuous thoracic paravertebral block: A randomised, controlled trial of postthoracotomy pain management

European Journal of Anaesthesiology

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 524-530

  Fortier, Simon ^a,c   Hanna, Halim A ^b   Bernard, Alain ^b   Girard, Claude ^a  

^a Hôp Général   (France)

^b HÔPITAL DU BOCAGE   (France)

^c Service d'Anesthésie Réanimation   (France)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Continuous wound catheter; Local anaesthesia; Pain; Paravertebral block; Surgery; Thoracotomy

Indexed keywords

CISATRACURIUM; HYDROXYZINE; MORPHINE; PARACETAMOL; PROPOFOL; ROPIVACAINE; SUFENTANIL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATHETER; CONTINUOUS WOUND CATHETER ANALGESIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFUSION PUMP; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOADING DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN STUDY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SYSTEMIC ANALGESIA; THORACIC PARAVERTEBRAL BLOCK; THORACOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACETAMINOPHEN; AGED; ANALGESIA, PATIENT-CONTROLLED; ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; CATHETERS; COUGH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORPHINE; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; THORACOTOMY;

EID: 84868591809     PISSN: 02650215     EISSN: 13652346     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EJA.0b013e328357e5a1     Document Type: Article

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