Thoracic epidural analgesia inhibits the neuro-hormonal but not the acute inflammatory stress response after radical retropubic prostatectomy

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 110, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 747-757

  Fant, F ^a   Tina, E ^b   Sandblom, D ^b   Andersson, S O ^b   Magnuson, A ^b   Hultgren Hornkvist E ^a   Axelsson, K ^a   Gupta, A ^a  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

anaesthesia technique; epidural; physiological; surgery: stress response; urological

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ATROPINE; BUPIVACAINE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; FENTANYL; GAMMA INTERFERON; GLUCOSE; GLYCOPYRRONIUM BROMIDE; HYDROCORTISONE; INSULIN; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 12P70; INTERLEUKIN 17; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 6; MIDAZOLAM; MORPHINE; NEOSTIGMINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL; PROPOFOL; ROPIVACAINE; SUFENTANIL; THIOPENTAL; TRANEXAMIC ACID; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BRONCHOPNEUMONIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG UTILIZATION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; INFLAMMATION; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INTRAVENOUS ANESTHESIA; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RADICAL RETROPUBIC PROSTATECTOMY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SURGICAL PATIENT;

EID: 84876562596     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aes491     Document Type: Article

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