Benefits and risks of epidural analgesia in cardiac surgery

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 25-32

  Landoni, G ^a,b   Isella, F ^a   Greco, M ^a   Zangrillo, A ^a,b   Royse, C F ^c,d  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

anaesthesia; epidural; myocardial infarction; spinal epidural hematoma; survival rate; thoracic surgery

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; EMBASE; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EPIDURAL HEMATOMA; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEART INFARCTION; HEART SURGERY; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK REDUCTION; SPINAL HEMATOMA; SURVIVAL RATE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THORAX SURGERY; ADVERSE EFFECTS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL;

ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84936772752     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aev201     Document Type: Review

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