Does regional analgesia for major surgery improve outcome? Focus on epidural analgesia

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 740-744

  Kooij, Fabian O ^a   Schlack, Wolfgang S ^a   Preckel, Benedikt ^a   Hollmann, Markus W ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLONIDINE; KETAMINE; LIDOCAINE;

CANCER RECURRENCE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ANESTHESIA, CONDUCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PAIN MEASUREMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84906674115     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: 15267598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000000245     Document Type: Review

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