Gastrointestinal motility following thoracic surgery: the effect of thoracic epidural analgesia. A randomised controlled trial.

Zoumprouli, Argyro; Chatzimichali, Aikaterini; Papadimitriou, Stamatios; Papaioannou, Alexandra; Xynos, Evaghelos; Askitopoulou, Helen

Zoumprouli, Argyro; Chatzimichali, Aikaterini; Papadimitriou, Stamatios; Papaioannou, Alexandra; Xynos, Evaghelos; Askitopoulou, Helen.

Affiliation

Zoumprouli A; Anaesthetic Department, St. George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Blackshaw Road, London, SW17 0QT, UK. azoumprouli@gmail.com.
Chatzimichali A; Anaesthetic Department, University Hospital of Heraklion, Stavrakia, 71110, Heraklion, Greece.
Papadimitriou S; Asklipeion Kritis, 8 Zografou str, Heraklion, Greece.
Papaioannou A; Anaesthetic Department, University Hospital of Heraklion, Stavrakia, 71110, Heraklion, Greece.
Xynos E; Colorectal Surgery, Creta interclinic, Heraklion, Crete, Greece.
Askitopoulou H; Faculty of Medicine, University of Crete, Stavrakia, 71003, Heraklion, Greece.

BMC Anesthesiol ; 17(1): 139, 2017 Oct 16.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29037157

Subject(s)

Analgesia, Epidural/methods; Analgesics, Opioid/administration & dosage; Gastrointestinal Motility/drug effects; Morphine/administration & dosage; Postoperative Complications/diagnosis; Thoracic Surgical Procedures/adverse effects; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Analgesia, Epidural/trends; Analgesia, Patient-Controlled/methods; Analgesia, Patient-Controlled/trends; Female; Gastrointestinal Motility/physiology; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Pain Management/methods; Pain Management/trends; Pain Measurement/drug effects; Pain Measurement/methods; Pain Measurement/trends; Pilot Projects; Postoperative Complications/etiology; Prospective Studies; Retrospective Studies; Thoracic Surgical Procedures/trends; Treatment Outcome

Key words

Morphine; Oro-ceacal transit time; Perioperative medicine and outcome; Postoperative Ileus; Ropivacaine; Thoracic epidural analgesia

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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Postoperative Complications / Analgesia, Epidural / Thoracic Surgical Procedures / Gastrointestinal Motility / Analgesics, Opioid / Morphine Type of study: Etiology_studies / Observational_studies Limits: Adult / Aged / Aged80 / Female / Humans / Male / Middle aged Language: En Journal: BMC Anesthesiol Year: 2017 Document type: Article Affiliation country: United kingdom Country of publication: United kingdom

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