Analgesia in patients undergoing thoracotomy: Epidural versus paravertebral technique. A randomized, double-blind, prospective study

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 147, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 469-474

  Raveglia, Federico ^a   Rizzi, Alessandro ^a   Leporati, Andrea ^a   Di Mauro, Piero ^a   Cioffi, Ugo ^a   Baisi, Alessandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AMBIENT AIR; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; ATELECTASIS; BODY MASS; CATHETER; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EPIDURAL CATHETER; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOBARISM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG ABSCESS; LUNG CANCER; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OXYGEN TENSION; PARAVERTEBRAL CATHETER; PATIENT MOBILITY; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PRURITUS; PULMONARY ARTERY CATHETER; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; REST; SURGICAL STRESS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOTOMY; URINE RETENTION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; VOMITING;

EID: 84890566942     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: 1097685X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2013.09.024     Document Type: Article

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