Neuraxial blockade and hematoma in cardiac surgery: estimating the risk of a rare adverse event that has not (yet) occurred

Chest. 2000 Feb;117(2):551-5. doi: 10.1378/chest.117.2.551.

Authors

A M Ho¹, D C Chung, G M Joynt

Affiliation

¹ Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, NT, Hong Kong. hoamh@hotmail.com

PMID: 10669702
DOI: 10.1378/chest.117.2.551

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Analgesia, Epidural / adverse effects*
Cardiac Surgical Procedures*
Cardiopulmonary Bypass
Hematoma, Epidural, Cranial / epidemiology
Hematoma, Epidural, Cranial / etiology*
Humans
Pain, Postoperative / drug therapy*
Risk
Spinal Cord Compression / epidemiology
Spinal Cord Compression / etiology