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ArticleAdvanced biomedical research2019

Comparison of the Effects of Thoracic Epidural Anesthesia with General Anesthesia on Hemodynamic Changes and its Complications in Patients Undergoing Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy.

Mohammad Azad Majedi, Shahab Sarlak, Yasaman Sadeghi, Behzad Ahsan

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Article in Advanced biomedical research, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Mohammad Azad MajediDepartment of Anesthesiology, Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, Sanandaj, Iran.
Shahab SarlakDepartment of Medicine, General Physician, School of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
Yasaman SadeghiDepartment of Medicine, General Physician, School of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
Behzad AhsanDepartment of Anesthesiology, Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, Sanandaj, Iran.
Isfahan University of Medical Sciences · IRKurdistan University of Medical Sciences · IR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundEpidural anesthesia (EA) today has been used extensively in surgical procedures and the management of pain associated with midwifery and chronic pain. This type of anesthesia can be done in different technical, physiological, and pharmacological ways. The aim of this study was to compare the effects of thoracic EA with general anesthesia (GA) on hemodynamic changes and its complications in patients underwent laparoscopic colonoscopy. MATERIALS AND

methodsThis clinical trial study was conducted on 80 patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy with EA or GA based on inclusion and exclusion criteria. The patients were randomly divided into two groups of 40 and changes in blood pressure, systolic blood pressure (SBP) and diastolic blood pressure (DBP), heart rate (HR), and arterial blood oxygen saturation were measured. The incidence of nausea, vomiting, chills, and itching in the two groups was recorded. The analysis was performed descriptively and also using

resultsThe results showed that the mean of SBP and DBP, HR, and arterial blood oxygen saturation and the incidence of nausea and vomiting was statistically significant (

conclusionThe results of this study indicated that thoracic EA in patients with laparoscopic cholecystectomy has significant effects on factors such as SBP and DBP and arterial blood oxygen saturation. Furthermore, EA has fewer complications than GA, and it is the preferable approach.

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Epidural anesthesiageneral anesthesiahemodynamic changeslaparoscopic cholecystectomy

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PMID30820428
PMCPMC6385560
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