The association between epidural analgesia and mortality in emergency abdominal surgery: A population-based cohort study.

Morten Vester-AndersenLars Hyldborg LundstrømMorten Hylander Möllernull null

Published in: Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica (2019)

In this population-based cohort study of adult patients undergoing emergency abdominal surgery, we found that the use of epidural analgesia perioperatively was associated with a decreased risk of mortality in the adjusted analysis.

Keyphrases

patients undergoing
spinal cord
emergency department
public health
cardiovascular events
pain management
healthcare
ultrasound guided
risk factors
postoperative pain
coronary artery disease
chronic pain
childhood cancer