Analgesic efficacy and safety of thoracic paravertebral and epidural analgesia for thoracic surgery: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 626-636

  Baidya, Dalim Kumar ^a   Khanna, Puneet ^a   Maitra, Souvik ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Post thoracotomy pain; Thoracic epidural; Thoracic paravertebral; Thoracotomy

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; BUPIVACAINE; FENTANYL; LEVOBUPIVACAINE; LIDOCAINE; ROPIVACAINE; SUFENTANIL; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ANALGESIA; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL PROCEDURE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COUGHING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOADING DRUG DOSE; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG SURGERY; MANTEL HAENSZEL TEST; META ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REST; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THORACIC PARAVERTEBRAL BLOCK; THORACOTOMY; URINE RETENTION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; RISK; RISK FACTOR; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; HUMANS; NERVE BLOCK; ODDS RATIO; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; RISK FACTORS; THORACOTOMY; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84899537297     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: 15699285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icvts/ivt551     Document Type: Review

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