Pain management strategies for thoracotomy and thoracic pain syndromes

Seminars in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 45-56

  Bottiger, Brandi A ^a   Esper, Stephen A ^b   Stafford Smith, Mark ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

analgesia; minimally invasive surgery; outcome; postoperative care; thoracic surgery

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; CLONIDINE; DEXMEDETOMIDINE; FENTANYL; GABAPENTIN; KETAMINE; LIDOCAINE; MAGNESIUM; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; PARACETAMOL; PREGABALIN;

ANALGESIA; CRYOABLATION; EPIDURAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HUMAN; INTERCOSTAL NERVE BLOCK; INTERPLEURAL ANALGESIA; INTRATHECAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NEURAXIAL ANESTHESIA; PARASPINAL MUSCLE; PARAVERTEBRAL NERVE BLOCK; REVIEW; SYSTEMIC THERAPY; THORACOTOMY; THORAX EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; THORAX PAIN; ACUTE PAIN; ALGORITHM; CHRONIC PAIN; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SYNDROME; THORAX SURGERY;

ACUTE PAIN; ALGORITHMS; ANESTHETICS; CHRONIC PAIN; HUMANS; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; SYNDROME; THORACIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; THORACOTOMY;

EID: 84896305863     PISSN: 10892532     EISSN: 19405596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1089253213514484     Document Type: Review

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