A Nationwide Analysis of the Use and Outcomes of Epidural Analgesia in Open Colorectal Surgery

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1130-1137

  Halabi, Wissam J ^a   Jafari, Mehraneh D ^a   Nguyen, Vinh Q ^b   Carmichael, Joseph C ^a   Mills, Steven ^a   Stamos, Michael J ^a   Pigazzi, Alessio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b 5226 Donald Bren Hall   (United States)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Anastomotic leak; Charge; Colorectal; Epidural; Ileus; Length of stay; Nationwide Inpatient Sample; Open surgery; Outcomes research; Pneumonia; Respiratory failure; Urinary retention; Urinary tract infection

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COLON DISEASE; ECONOMICS; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HUMAN; ILEUS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECTUM DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; COLONIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL CHARGES; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; ILEUS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECTAL DISEASES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84877768285     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11605-013-2195-4     Document Type: Article

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