A minimum dose of clonidine added to mepivacaine prolongs the duration of anesthesia and analgesia after axillary brachial plexus block

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1046-1050

  Singelyn, François J ^a,b   Gouverneur, Jean Marie ^a   Robert, Annie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; CLONIDINE; MEPIVACAINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS ANESTHESIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HAND SURGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-AGONISTS; ADULT; AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ANALGESIA; ANALGESICS; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; AXILLA; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BRADYCARDIA; CLONIDINE; CONSCIOUSNESS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION; MALE; MEPIVACAINE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; SLEEP STAGES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0029964723     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000539-199611000-00025     Document Type: Article

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