The effect of anaesthetist grade and frequency of insertion on epidural failure: A service evaluation in a United Kingdom teaching hospital

BMC Anesthesiology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Heinink, Thomas P ^a,b   Baker, Benjamin G ^a   Yates, Victoria F ^a   Addison, Dorothea C ^a   Williams, John P ^a,b,c  

^a ROYAL DERBY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Analgesia: surgery; Epidural: standards; Organization and administration; Statistics and numerical data; Utilization

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; BUPIVACAINE; FENTANYL; HYPERTENSIVE FACTOR; IBUPROFEN; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; OPIATE; PARACETAMOL;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; CATHETER REMOVAL; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EPIDURAL CATHETER; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; LOADING DRUG DOSE; LONG TERM SURVIVAL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; RANK SUM TEST; STUDENT T TEST; SURGICAL PATIENT; TEACHING HOSPITAL; THORACOABDOMINAL SURGERY; THORAX SURGERY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; UNITED KINGDOM; ANESTHESIOLOGY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DEVICE FAILURE; DEVICE REMOVAL; DEVICES; EPIDURAL ANALGESIA; EVALUATION STUDY; INDWELLING CATHETER; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AGED; ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ANESTHESIOLOGY; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DEVICE REMOVAL; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONNEL TURNOVER; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 84929173672     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712253     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2253-15-5     Document Type: Article

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