Efficacy of continuous epidural block in acute herpes zoster: Incidence and predictive factors of postherpetic neuralgia, a retrospective single-center study

Medicine (United States)

Volumn 95, Issue 32, 2016, Pages

  Kim, Yoo Na ^a   Kim, Dae Woo ^b   Kim, Eung Don ^a  

^a Daejeon St Mary's Hospital   (South Korea)

^b The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

continuous epidural; herpes zoster; postherpetic neuralgia; predictive factor

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ROPIVACAINE;

ADULT; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CATHETERIZATION; CONTINUOUS EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE COURSE; EPIDURAL CATHETER; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; NUMERICAL RATING SCALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN INTENSITY; PAIN SEVERITY; POSTHERPETIC NEURALGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; TREATMENT DURATION; AGE; COMPLICATION; EPIDURAL ANALGESIA; NEURALGIA, POSTHERPETIC; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR;

AGE FACTORS; ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; FEMALE; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURALGIA, POSTHERPETIC; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84983433164     PISSN: 00257974     EISSN: 15365964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MD.0000000000004577     Document Type: Article

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