Comparative Analysis of Intravenous Opioids Versus Thoracic Epidural Anesthesia in Fractured Rib Pain Management: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Cureus · 2024 · PMC10840374 · PMID 38318591

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Length of ICU stay: Unlike the results on length of hospitalization, our meta-analysis showed a trend of longer ICU stays among patients who received IV opioids as opposed to those who received TEA (SMD: 0.73; 95%CI: 0.33-1.13; p = 0.0004) (Figure 4 ).

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