Confirming identification of the epidural space: a systematic review of electric stimulation, pressure waveform analysis, and ultrasound and a meta-analysis of …

JM Pinho, DA Coelho - Journal of Clinical Monitoring and Computing, 2023 - Springer
To review the use of epidural electric stimulation test, pressure waveform analysis, and
ultrasound assessment of injection as bedside methods for confirming identification of the …

Effectiveness of preoperative thoracic epidural testing strategies: a retrospective comparison of three commonly used testing methods

H dos Santos Fernandes, N Siddiqui… - Canadian Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
Purpose Thoracic epidural analgesia (TEA) is a well stablished technique for pain
management in major thoracic and abdominal surgeries; however, it has considerable …

Serious Complications After Epidural Catheter Placement: Two Case Reports

R Seidel, M Tietke, O Heese… - Local and regional …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Thoracic epidural analgesia (TEA) is a standard procedure in multimodal analgesia applied
in major thoracic and abdominal surgeries. Two cases are presented with serious …

[HTML][HTML] Do the Canadian thing: TEST!

É de Médicis - Canadian Journal of Anesthesia/Journal canadien d' …, 2023 - Springer
In this month's issue of the Journal, dos Santos Fernandes et al. report on the effectiveness
of three preoperative thoracic epidural testing strategies, which I read with great interest. 1 …

# 36847 PIEB or continuous infusion for fascial plane block catheters

P De Groof, S Coppens, S Rex, DF Hoogma - 2023 - rapm.bmj.com
Introduction Fascial plane blocks (FPBs) have gained significant popularity in regional
anesthesia in an attempt to improve pain control and reduce opioid consumption while …

Educational methods to improve thoracic epidural block proficiency for residents: video-based education Versus Bedside Education

M Seering, JH Campos - Journal of cardiothoracic and vascular …, 2020 - jcvaonline.com
THORACIC epidural analgesia (TEA) blocks are commonly used for thoracic surgical
procedures to provide effective analgesia in the intraoperative and postoperative periods …

# 36929 Thoracic epidurals for eras in thoracic and abdominal surgery-still relevant?

S Coppens, P Degroof, DF Hoogma, L Brullot… - 2023 - rapm.bmj.com
Introduction In recent decades the high thoracic epidural analgesia (HTEA) has been
increasingly replaced as the gold standard in minimal invasive surgical procedures. We …

[HTML][HTML] Optimización de la analgesia epidural: protocolo de evaluación con Ultrasonido Doppler y Modo M para la localización precisa del catéter

AL Garduño-López, N Cruz-Yedra… - Revista Mexicana de …, 2024 - medigraphic.com
Introducción: en la práctica quirúrgica, la analgesia epidural postoperatoria se mantiene
como el estándar de oro debido a sus ventajas sobre la analgesia intravenosa con …

Optimization of epidural analgesia: proposed protocol for evaluation with Doppler Ultrasound and M Mode for precise catheter localization

AL Garduño-López, N Cruz-Yedra… - Revista Mexicana de …, 2024 - medigraphic.com
Introduction: postoperative epidural analgesia in open abdominal or thoracic surgery
remains the gold standard due to its advantages over intravenous opioid analgesia …

False negative electrical epidural stimulation test due to the excessive impedance of a saline bridge

JD Hill, BCH Tsui - Canadian Journal of Anesthesia/Journal canadien d' …, 2021 - Springer
To the Editor, The epidural stimulation test (EST) can predict successful neuraxial analgesia
by confirming the location of the epidural catheter tip. 1 Over the past 20 years, this …