title: [Epidural anesthesia during operations on the heart in patients with obesity].
abstract: The paper estimates an anesthetic appliance using an epidural block during cardiac operations in obese patients. It shows the advantage of this type of anesthesia in reducing the dose of used narcotic analgesics, in early activating patients, and decreasing the length of stay in a cardiac intensive care unit.
authors.forename: A N
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Kornienko
authors.forename: M V
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Ketskalo
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Butovskiĭ
mesh_terms: D000701:Analgesics, Opioid; D000767:Anesthesia, Epidural; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D003422:Critical Care; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009765:Obesity / Q000601:surgery*
chemical_list: D000701:Analgesics, Opioid