Lidocaine-clonidine retrobulbar block for cataract surgery in the elderly

Regional Anesthesia

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 569-575

  Mjahed, Khalid ^a   Harrar, Najib El ^a   Hamdani, Mohamed ^a   Amraoui, Mohamed ^a   Benaguida, Mohamed ^a  

^a IBN ROCHD UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Morocco)

Author keywords

clonidine; geriatric anesthesia; intraocular pressure; lidocaine; ophthalmic surgery; retrobulbar block

Indexed keywords

CLONIDINE; LIDOCAINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE ABNORMALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETROBULBAR ANESTHESIA; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-AGONISTS; AGED; ANALGESIA; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLONIDINE; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EYE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LIDOCAINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0029799734     PISSN: 0146521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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