Objective: To determine the effects of thoracic epidural analgesia (TEA) management on the incidence of atrial arrhythmias (AAs) after thoracotomy for lung resection.
Design: Retrospective.
Setting: A major university medical center.
Participants: The medical records of 185 consecutive patients who underwent thoracotomy between 1993 and 1997 were reviewed; patients with TEA only were included in the analysis.
Interventions: None.
Measurements And Main Results: There was a 20% incidence of AAs after thoracotomy. Preoperative predictors of AAs were age >65 years, cardiac history, and an abnormal electrocardiogram (ECG). There was a temporal relationship between epidural catheter removal and occurrence of AAs. Fourteen patients developed AAs before TEA catheter removal, whereas 29 patients developed AAs after TEA catheter removal (p = 0.01). There was no relationship between anatomic site of epidural catheter placement or choice of epidural agent and AAs.
Conclusions: AAs after thoracotomy were common. These AAs were associated with increased age, cardiac history, abnormal ECG, increased cost, increased length of hospital stay, and time of epidural catheter removal. Although a cause-and-effect relationship cannot be inferred from this study, the presence or absence of TEA was found to have a temporal relationship with the incidence of AAs.
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