Clonidine does not impair redistribution hypothermia after the induction of anesthesia

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 168-172

  Bernard, Jean Marc ^a   Fulgencio, Jean Pierre ^a   Delaunay, Laurent ^a   Bonnet, Francis ^a  

^a HÔPITAL TENON   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLONIDINE; PLACEBO;

ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; PATIENT MONITORING; PREMEDICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SYMPATHETIC TONE; THERMOREGULATION; VASOCONSTRICTION;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-AGONISTS; ADULT; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; CLONIDINE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLACEBOS; SKIN TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0031836760     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000539-199807000-00035     Document Type: Article

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