Regional anesthesia for vascular surgery

Seminars in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 92-104

  Atkinson, Catherine J ^a   Ramaswamy, Karunakaran ^a   Stoneham, Mark D ^a  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

analgesia; noncardiac surgery; outcome; perioperative mortality; postoperative complications

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; CLONIDINE; FENTANYL; LEVOBUPIVACAINE; MEPIVACAINE; ROPIVACAINE;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CERVICAL PLEXUS; ENDOVASCULAR ANEURYSM REPAIR; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; REVASCULARIZATION; REVIEW; SEDATION; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; SURGICAL MORTALITY; THORAX EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; TRANSVERSUS ABDOMINIS PLANE BLOCK; VASCULAR SURGERY;

ANALGESIA; NONCARDIAC SURGERY; OUTCOME; PERIOPERATIVE MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

AGED; ANESTHESIA, CONDUCTION; ANTICOAGULANTS; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERIES; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 84877700931     PISSN: 10892532     EISSN: 19405596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1089253212472985     Document Type: Review

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