Evaluation of ultrasound-assisted thoracic epidural placement in patients undergoing upper abdominal and thoracic surgery a randomized, double-blind study

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 204-209

  Auyong, David B ^a   Hostetter, Lucy ^a   Yuan, Stanley C ^a   Slee, April E ^b   Hanson, Neil A ^a  

^a VIRGINIA MASON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Axio Research   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADULT; ANESTHESIOLOGIST; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EPIDURAL CATHETER; EPIDURAL NEEDLE; EPIDURAL SPACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALPATION; POSTANESTHESIA CARE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCTURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPINOUS PROCESS; SURGICAL PATIENT; THORAX EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; THORAX SURGERY; ULTRASOUND; VIDEORECORDING; ABDOMEN; AGED; ANATOMIC LANDMARK; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVICES; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DRUG EFFECT; EPIDURAL ANALGESIA; INDWELLING CATHETER; INTERVENTIONAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; INTRASPINAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NERVE; PAIN THRESHOLD; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PROCEDURES; SURGERY; THORACIC VERTEBRA; TIME FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WASHINGTON;

BUPIVACAINE; HYDROMORPHONE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANATOMIC LANDMARKS; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BUPIVACAINE; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROMORPHONE; INFUSIONS, SPINAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN THRESHOLD; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PALPATION; THORACIC NERVES; THORACIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; WASHINGTON;

EID: 85013764822     PISSN: 10987339     EISSN: 15328651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AAP.0000000000000540     Document Type: Article

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