Use of clonidine in hernia patients: Intramuscular versus surgical site

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 422-425

  Connelly, Neu Roy ^a   Reuben, Scott S ^a   Albert, Michael ^a   Page, David ^a   Gibson, Charles S ^a   Moineau, Annemarie ^a   Dixon, Kelly L ^a   Maciolek, Holly ^a  

^a BAYSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Clonidine; Inguinal hernia repair; Postoperative pain; Surgical site analgesia

Indexed keywords

CLONIDINE; MIDAZOLAM; PROPOFOL; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG POTENTIATION; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ANALGESICS; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANESTHETICS, INTRAVENOUS; CLONIDINE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FENTANYL; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; MALE; MIDAZOLAM; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROPOFOL;

EID: 0032849277     PISSN: 0146521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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