Open AccessEvaluation of the effect of different block techniques on open-heart surgery in the postoperative period: a prospective observational study
Author(s) -
Seray Türkmen,
Mehmet Mutlu
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
cardiovascular journal of south africa/cardiovascular journal of southern africa
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.378
H-Index - 35
eISSN - 1680-0745
pISSN - 1015-9657
DOI - 10.5830/cvja-2022-016
Subject(s) - medicine , anesthesia , visual analogue scale , sedation , fentanyl , cardiac surgery , surgery , morphine , mechanical ventilation , abdominal surgery , analgesic , parasternal line
Open-heart surgery is associated with severe postoperative pain. Adequate analgesia after open-heart surgery improves patients' early postoperative recovery, extubation, ambulation and early discharge from hospital. Regional anaesthesia techniques are the new hope for adequate postoperative analgesia after cardiac surgery and are widely used for early pain management in the first six hours.