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The Comparative Effects of Postoperative Analgesic Therapies on Pulmonary Outcome

Anesthesia & Analgesia · 1998 · Vol. 86(3) · pp. 598–612

Jane C. Ballantyne✉(Massachusetts General Hospital)Daniel B. Carr(Massachusetts General Hospital)Sarah deFerranti(Massachusetts General Hospital)Thomas Suarez(Massachusetts General Hospital)Joseph Lau(Massachusetts General Hospital)Thomas C. Chalmers(Massachusetts General Hospital)Italo Francesco Angelillo(Massachusetts General Hospital)Frederick Mosteller(Massachusetts General Hospital)

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Abstract

When individual trials are unable to produce significant results, it is often because of insufficient patient numbers. It may be impossible for a single institution to study enough patients. Meta-analysis is a useful tool for combining the data from multiple trials to increase the patient numbers. These meta-analyses confirm that postoperative epidural pain control can significantly decrease the incidence of pulmonary morbidity.

Anesthesia and Pain Management Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Pain Management and Opioid UseMedicineAnesthesiaAtelectasisPulmonary function testingLocal anestheticAnalgesicVital capacityConfidence intervalRelative riskSurgery

MeSH terms

Administration, OralAnesthesia, EpiduralAnesthetics, LocalPulmonary AtelectasisHumansLungNarcoticsPostoperative PainPain, PostoperativeRespiratory Function Tests

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920

FWCI

36.13

field-weighted impact

References

109

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100%

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