: Compared with general anesthesia , neuraxial anesthesia may reduce the 0-to-30-day mortality for patients undergoing a surgery with an intermediate-to-high cardiac risk ( level of evidence moderate ) .
BACKGROUND : This analysis summarized Cochrane review s that assess the effects of neuraxial anesthesia on perioperative rates of death , chest infections , and myocardial infa rct ion .
[Effect of continuous postoperative analgesia with peridural bupivacaine on intestinal motility following colorectal resection].
In a prospect i ve r and omized trial the effects of continuous peridural analgesia on gastrointestinal motility and the postoperative course was studied in 48 consecutive patients with elective colorectal resections . 24 patients had peridural analgesia ( PDA ) with bupivacaine while 24 patients received intravenous analgesia ( IVA ) with pentazocine . With PDA the first passage of flatus and faeces was significantly accelerated . PDA was not associated with an increased rate of anastomotic breakdown and there were no respiratory complications in the PDA group
: Compared with general anesthesia , neuraxial anesthesia may reduce the 0-to-30-day mortality for patients undergoing a surgery with an intermediate-to-high cardiac risk ( level of evidence moderate ) .
BACKGROUND : This analysis summarized Cochrane review s that assess the effects of neuraxial anesthesia on perioperative rates of death , chest infections , and myocardial infa rct ion .