Thoracic Epidural Anesthesia for a Polymyositis Patient Undergoing Awake Mini-thoracotomy and Unroofing of a Huge Pulmonary Bulla
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Epidural anesthesia in awake thoracic surgery.
Despite the indisputable and well-known advantages of general anesthesia in thoracic surgery, this can trigger some adverse effects including an increased risk of pneumonia, impaired cardiac performance, neuromuscular problems, mechanical ventilation-induced injuries, which include barotrauma, volotrauma, atelectrauma, and biotrauma. In order to reduce the adverse effects of general anesthesia,...
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عنوان ژورنال: Acta Anaesthesiologica Taiwanica
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1875-4597
DOI: 10.1016/s1875-4597(08)60020-x