"Analgesia, Epidural" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The relief of pain without loss of consciousness through the introduction of an analgesic agent into the epidural space of the vertebral canal. It is differentiated from ANESTHESIA, EPIDURAL which refers to the state of insensitivity to sensation.
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D015360
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E03.091.080
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| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Analgesia, Epidural" by people in Profiles.
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An institutional experience with epidural analgesia in children and young adults undergoing cardiac surgery. Paediatr Anaesth. 2010 Aug; 20(8):720-6.
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Maternal corticosteroids to prevent intrauterine exposure to hyperthermia and inflammation: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2006 Oct; 195(4):1031-7.
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Epidural analgesia in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease undergoing transperitoneal abdominal aortic aneurysmorraphy--a multi-institutional analysis. Cardiovasc Surg. 2003 Jun; 11(3):179-84.
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Horner's syndrome following very low concentration bupivacaine infusion for labor epidural analgesia. J Clin Anesth. 2003 May; 15(3):217-9.
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Comparison of ropivacaine-fentanyl patient-controlled epidural analgesia with morphine intravenous patient-controlled analgesia for perioperative analgesia and recovery after open colon surgery. J Clin Anesth. 2002 Dec; 14(8):571-7.
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Post-epidural analgesia spinal cord infarction: MRI correlation. Acta Neurol Scand. 2002 Apr; 105(4):344-8.
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Improved, but not preemptive, analgesia. Anesthesiology. 2001 Aug; 95(2):565; author reply 566-7.
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Postoperative pain management. Int Anesthesiol Clin. 1998; 36(3):71-86.
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Effects of perioperative analgesic technique on rate of recovery after colon surgery. Anesthesiology. 1995 Oct; 83(4):757-65.
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Continuous thoracic epidural analgesia for the control of pain associated with pleural sclerosis. Gynecol Oncol. 1989 Jan; 32(1):76-8.