Paravertebral block versus thoracic epidural for patients undergoing thoracotomy

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2016, Issue 2, 2016, Pages

  Yeung, Joyce Hy ^a,b   Gates, Simon ^c   Naidu, Babu V ^a   Wilson, Matthew Ja ^d   Gao Smith, Fang ^a,b  

^a BIRMINGHAM HEARTLANDS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ANALGESIA; ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DELIRIUM; DRUG EFFICACY; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; LENGTH OF STAY; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; PAIN; PARAVERTEBRAL BLOCK; POSTOPERATIVE ILEUS; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PRURITUS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; SEDATION; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THORACOTOMY; THORAX EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; URINE RETENTION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; ACUTE PAIN; ADVERSE EFFECTS; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; LUNG DISEASES; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC);

ACUTE PAIN; ANESTHESIA, EPIDURAL; DELIRIUM; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG DISEASES; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; THORACOTOMY;

EID: 84961891883     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD009121.pub2     Document Type: Review

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