The effect of epidural placement in patients after blunt thoracic trauma

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 39-46

  Gage, Alexis ^a   Rivara, Frederick ^a   Wang, Jin ^a   Jurkovich, Gregory J ^b   Arbabi, Saman ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidural analgesia; Pneumonia; Regional anesthesia; Rib fractures; Thoracic trauma

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BLUNT THORACIC TRAUMA; CHEST TUBE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMPYEMA; EPIDURAL CATHETER; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAXIMUM ABBREVIATED INJURY SCALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PELVIS FRACTURE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPENSITY SCORE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RIB FRACTURE; THORACOTOMY; THORAX EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; THORAX INJURY; UNITED STATES; UNSTABLE PELVIC FRACTURE; VERY ELDERLY; VIDEO ASSISTED THORACOSCOPIC SURGERY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892140361     PISSN: 21630755     EISSN: 21630763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3182ab1b08     Document Type: Conference Paper

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