Effects of epidural anesthesia on acute and chronic pain after coronary artery bypass grafting

Journal of Cardiac Surgery

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 248-253

  Onan, Burak ^a,d   Onan, Ismihan Selen ^a   Kilickan, Levent ^b,c   Sanisoglu, Ilhan ^a  

^a FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b Istanbul Florence Istanbul Nightingale Hospital   (Turkey)

^c JFK Hospital   (Turkey)

^d Istanbul Mehmet Akif Ersoy Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Education and Research Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; FENTANYL; MIDAZOLAM; PARACETAMOL; PROPOFOL; ROCURONIUM; TRAMADOL;

ADULT; AGE; AORTA CLAMPING; ARTICLE; ASSISTED VENTILATION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; COUGHING; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG INFUSION; DRUG INTERMITTENT THERAPY; DRUG UTILIZATION; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EPIDURAL CATHETER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTENSIVE CARE; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REST; STERNOTOMY; THORAX EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

AGED; ANESTHESIA, EPIDURAL; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; BUPIVACAINE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84877832309     PISSN: 08860440     EISSN: 15408191     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jocs.12086     Document Type: Article

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