Effects of oral clonidine premedication on concentrations of Cortisol and monoamine neurotransmitters and their metabolites in cerebrospinal fluid and plasma

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1989, Pages 137-141

  POUTTU, J ^a,b   TUOMINEN, M ^a,b   SCHEININ, M ^a,b   ROSENBERG, P H ^a,b  

^a Surgical Hospital   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Anesthesia; catecholamines; clonidine; Cortisol; monoamine metabolites in CSF; spinal

Indexed keywords

CATECHOLAMINE; CLONIDINE; DIAZEPAM;

ADULT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG METABOLISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PREMEDICATION; SEDATION; SPINAL ANESTHESIA;

3,4-DIHYDROXYPHENYLACETIC ACID; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; ANESTHESIA, SPINAL; CLINICAL TRIALS; CLONIDINE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAZEPAM; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EPINEPHRINE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE; HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; MALE; METHOXYHYDROXYPHENYLGLYCOL; NOREPINEPHRINE; PREANESTHETIC MEDICATION; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TRYPTOPHAN;

EID: 0024537974     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: 13996576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.1989.tb02876.x     Document Type: Article

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