Benefits and risks of epidural analgesia in cardiac surgery

Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1057-1063

  Mehta, Yatin ^a   Arora, Dheeraj ^a  

^a Medanta Institute of Critical Care and Anaesthesiology   (India)

Author keywords

analgesia; anesthesia; cardiac surgery; epidural; postoperative pain management

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; BUPIVACAINE; FENTANYL; HEPARIN; LEVOBUPIVACAINE; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; MORPHINE; ROPIVACAINE; SUFENTANIL;

ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; BLOOD CLOTTING; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CATHETER REMOVAL; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EPIDURAL CATHETER; EPIDURAL HEMATOMA; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART OUTPUT; HEART SUPRAVENTRICULAR ARRHYTHMIA; HEART SURGERY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG HEMODYNAMICS; MINIMALLY INVASIVE CARDIAC SURGERY; MORBID OBESITY; NONHUMAN; OFF PUMP CORONARY SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SYMPATHECTOMY; SYSTEMIC VASCULAR RESISTANCE; THORAX EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANALGESIA; HEALTH; INCIDENCE; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PROCEDURES;

ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84905746509     PISSN: 10530770     EISSN: 15328422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2013.07.016     Document Type: Review

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