Prospective randomized trial of high thoracic epidural analgesia for coronary artery bypass surgery Colin Royse, MBBS, MD, Alistair Royse, MBBS, MD, Paul Soeding, MBBS, Duncan Blake, MBBS, PhD, Jenny Pang, RN The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 75, Issue 1, Pages 93-100 (January 2003) DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(02)04074-2
Fig 1 Pain scores at rest and with coughing on first 3 postoperative days. Visual analogue pain score (0 = no pain and 10 = the worst pain). The solid lines are the mean ± 2 standard deviations to indicate the range of pain scores; and the shaded boxes are the 95% confidence intervals of the mean. (HTEA = high thoracic epidural analgesia.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2003 75, 93-100DOI: (10.1016/S0003-4975(02)04074-2)
Fig 2 Degree of cooperation with postoperative physiotherapy. Physiotherapy cooperation was better with high thoracic epidural analgesic (HTEA) (p < 0.001). The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2003 75, 93-100DOI: (10.1016/S0003-4975(02)04074-2)