Epidural epinephrine and clonidine: Segmental analgesia and effects on different pain modalities

Anesthesiology

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 785-794

  Curatolo, Michele ^a   Petersen Felix, Steen ^b   Arendt Nielsen, Lars ^b   Zbinden, Alex M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Analgesia, epidural; Central temporal summation; Pain, experimental; Sympathetic nervous system, 2 adrenergic agonists: clonidine; Sympathetic nervous system, catecholamines: epinephrine

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ATROPINE; CLONIDINE; PLACEBO;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ADULT; ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLD; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DERMATOME; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EPIDURAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTENSION; MALE; NAUSEA; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SEDATION; SURAL NERVE; TEMPORAL SUMMATION;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-AGONISTS; ADULT; ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; CLONIDINE; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EPINEPHRINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN;

EID: 0030694568     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-199710000-00011     Document Type: Article

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