Cardiothoracic & vascular anesthesia
Criteria for continuous neuraxial analgesia associated with reduced mortality in patients undergoing thoracotomy
Main finding · All-cause inpatient mortalityResult — go to the resultOdds ratio 0.49 95 % CI 0.237–1.12Authors' conclusion
Neuraxial analgesic techniques are associated with reductions in postoperative mortality after open thoracic surgery in selected patients.
Study context
- Population
- Patients undergoing open thoracotomy
- Participants
- 1,620 patients
- Exposure
- Continuous neuraxial analgesia vs no neuraxial analgesia
- Neuraxialn = 796
- No neuraxialn = 824reference
- Outcome
- All-cause inpatient mortality
Methodological detailsmulticentre registry (German Thoracic Registry, 4 university hospitals), multivariable logistic regression
- Multicentre registry (German Thoracic Registry, 4 university hospitals)
- Multivariable logistic regression
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Odds ratio
0.49
95 % CI 0.237–1.12
P = 0.15
Events by group
Neuraxial vs No neuraxial
OR 0.49 (95 % CI 0.237–1.12); P = 0.15
Observational data: associations, not effects.
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Original publication
Criteria for continuous neuraxial analgesia associated with reduced mortality in patients undergoing thoracotomy. Reg Anesth Pain Med. Published 17 August 2024. doi:10.
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