How to prolong postoperative analgesia after caudal anaesthesia with ropivacaine in children: S-ketamine versus clonidine

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 679-683

  De Negri, Pasquale ^a   Ivani, Giorgio ^b   Visconti, Ciro ^a   De Vivo, Paolo ^a  

^a S Giovanni Rotondo (FG)   (Italy)

^b CHILD   (Italy)

Author keywords

Caudal anaesthesia; Clonidine; Ketamine; Postoperative analgesia; Regional anaesthesia; Ropivacaine

Indexed keywords

CLONIDINE; KETAMINE; ROPIVACAINE;

ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; ARTICLE; CAUDAL ANESTHESIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; SEDATION;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-AGONISTS; AMIDES; ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ANESTHESIA RECOVERY PERIOD; ANESTHETICS, DISSOCIATIVE; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLONIDINE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; INFANT; KETAMINE; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS;

EID: 0034766022     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9592.2001.00742.x     Document Type: Article

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