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14673397

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
10
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-12-15
pubmed:abstractText
Perioperative pain management in patients undergoing surgery is an essential target in order to improve intraoperative outcome and reduce postoperative complications occurrence. The combination of a local anesthetic with an opiate for epidural administration can ensure both analgesic effect (opiate) and neuroendocrine protection (local anesthetic). Levobupivacaine, S(-)-enantiomer form of bupivacaine, produces a sensitive-motor blockade similar to the racemate, with less cardiotoxicity; also ropivacaine is not cardiotoxic, but it has less anesthetic efficacy than levobupivacaine; both anesthetics could be administered through the epidural catheter in order to ensure adequate analgesia without any hemodynamic effects. Aim of our study was to evaluate a thoracic epidural analgesia for abdominal aortic surgery.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0375-9393
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
69
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
751-60, 760-4
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
Perioperative thoracic epidural analgesia in aortic surgery: role of levobupivacaine.
pubmed:affiliation
Section of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Department of Surgery, Anesthesia and Transplants (DISCAT), School of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Clinical Trial, Randomized Controlled Trial