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- Title
Regional analgesia in cardiothoracic surgery: A changing paradigm toward opioid-free anesthesia?
- Authors
Chakravarthy, Murali
- Abstract
The article offers information on the role of opioid free regional anesthesia in cardiac surgery. Topics discussed include potential benefits and fear of permanent neurologic deficits while using epidural blocks; production of sedation and analgesia by using opioids in postoperative patients; and inclusion of regional blocks in addition to nonopioids in multimodal anesthesia.
- Subjects
NONOPIOID analgesics; CARDIAC surgery; EPIDURAL analgesia; CONSCIOUS sedation; ENDORPHIN receptors; THERAPEUTICS; ANALGESIA; ANALGESICS; CONDUCTION anesthesia; ENDOSCOPIC surgery; NARCOTICS; NERVE block
- Publication
Annals of Cardiac Anaesthesia, 2018, Vol 21, Issue 3, p225
- ISSN
0971-9784
- Publication type
editorial
- DOI
10.4103/aca.ACA_56_18