Mitigating the impact of acute and chronic post-thoracotomy pain

Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1048-1056

  Doan, Lisa V ^a   Augustus, Jermaine ^a   Androphy, Rachel ^a   Schechter, Douglas ^a   Gharibo, Christopher ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

pain medicine; post thoracotomy pain; thoracic anesthesia; thoracic surgery

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; FENTANYL; GABAPENTIN; HYDROCODONE; KETOROLAC; METOPROLOL; MORPHINE; OXYCODONE; PARACETAMOL; SERTRALINE; SIMVASTATIN;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; CASE REPORT; CHEST TUBE; CHRONIC PAIN; DEPRESSION; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EPIDURAL CATHETER; EVENING DOSAGE; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; LUNG LOBECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; NAUSEA; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; REVIEW; THORACOTOMY; VOMITING; ADVERSE EFFECTS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LUNG RESECTION; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PROCEDURES;

FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PNEUMONECTOMY; THORACOTOMY;

EID: 84944456020     PISSN: 10530770     EISSN: 15328422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2014.02.021     Document Type: Review

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