Long-term use of subarachnoid clonidine for analgesia in refractory reflex sympathetic dystrophy

Regional Anesthesia

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 249-252

  Kabeer, Atika A ^a   Hardy, Paul A J ^a,b  

^a GLOUCESTERSHIRE ROYAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Clonidine; Reflex sympathetic dystrophy; Subarachnoid analgesia; Sympathetic mediated pain

Indexed keywords

CLONIDINE; DEXTROPROPOXYPHENE PLUS PARACETAMOL;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ANTINOCICEPTION; ARTICLE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING; CASE REPORT; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG USE; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE PAIN; MALE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; SYMPATHETIC DYSTROPHY;

ANALGESIA; CLONIDINE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFLEX SYMPATHETIC DYSTROPHY; SUBARACHNOID SPACE;

EID: 0029927736     PISSN: 0146521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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