Addition of clonidine or fentanyl to local anaesthetics prolongs the duration of surgical analgesia after single shot caudal block in children

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 294-298

  Constant, I ^a   Gall, O ^a   Gouyet, L ^a   Chauvin, M ^b   Murat, I ^a  

^a ARMAND TROUSSEAU HOSPITAL   (France)

^b HÔPITAL AMBROISE PARÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Anaesthetic techniques, regional, caudal; Anaesthetics local; Analgesia, paediatric; Analgesics opioid, fentanyl; Sympathetic nervous system, clonidine

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BUPIVACAINE; CLONIDINE; FENTANYL; LIDOCAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CAUDAL ANESTHESIA; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VESICOURETERAL REFLUX; VOMITING;

EID: 0031929081     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/80.3.294     Document Type: Article

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