Pain relief with low-dose intravenous clonidine in a child with severe burns

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 249-251

  Lyons, B ^a   Casey, W ^a   Doherty, P ^a   McHugh, M ^a   Moore, K P ^a  

^a OUR LADY S CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Analgesia Morphine; Burns; Clonidine; Lignocaine; Pain

Indexed keywords

CLONIDINE; LIDOCAINE; MORPHINE;

ARTICLE; BURN; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NAUSEA; PAIN; SCHOOL CHILD; SIDE EFFECT; VOMITING;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-AGONISTS; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; BURNS; CHILD; CLONIDINE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MORPHINE; PAIN;

EID: 0029930560     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01712245     Document Type: Article

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