Transversus abdominis plane block in combination with general anesthesia provides better intraoperative hemodynamic control and quicker recovery than general anesthesia alone in high-risk abdominal surgery patients

Minerva Anestesiologica

Volumn 78, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1241-1247

  Tsuchiya, M ^a   Takahashi, R ^a   Furukawa, A ^a   Suehiro, K ^a   Mizutani, K ^b   Nishikawa, K ^a  

^a OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b OSAKA ROSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Abdomen; Cardiovascular diseases; General anesthesia; Monitoring, intraoperative

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; FENTANYL; FLURBIPROFEN; LANDIOLOL; LIDOCAINE; NEOSTIGMINE; NICARDIPINE; PENTAZOCINE; PROPOFOL; REMIFENTANIL; ROCURONIUM; SEVOFLURANE;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; AGED; ANESTHETIC RECOVERY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRADYCARDIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMICS; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TACHYCARDIA; TRANSVERSUS ABDOMINIS PLANE BLOCK;

ABDOMEN; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 84871306510     PISSN: 03759393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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