The effectiveness of clonidine as an analgesic in paediatric adenotonsillectomy

Canadian Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1162-1167

  Reimer, Eleanor J ^a   Dunn, Gillian S ^a   Montgomery, Carolyne J ^a   Sanderson, Peter M ^a   Scheepers, Louis D ^a   Merrick, Pamela M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLONIDINE; CODEINE; FENTANYL; MORPHINE; PARACETAMOL;

ADENOTONSILLECTOMY; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TONSILLECTOMY; VOMITING;

EID: 0032460652     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03012457     Document Type: Article

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