Caudal epidural sufentanil and bupivacaine decreases stress response in paediatric cardiac surgery

Surgery and anaesthesia are known to cause stress response. Attenuation of stress response can decrease morbidity, postoperative hospital length of stay and, thus, cost. Intrathecal and epidural techniques produce reliable analgesia in patients undergoing surgery along with stress response attenuati...

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Main Authors: Sendasgupta Chaitali, Makhija Neeti, Kiran Usha, Choudhary Shiv, Lakshmy R, Das Sambhu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2009-01-01
Series:Annals of Cardiac Anaesthesia
Subjects:
CPB
Online Access:http://www.annals.in/article.asp?issn=0971-9784;year=2009;volume=12;issue=1;spage=27;epage=33;aulast=Sendasgupta