Clonidine in preterm-infant caudal anesthesia may be responsible for postoperative apnea

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 83-85

  Bouchut, Jean Christophe ^a   Dubois, Rémi ^a   Godard, Jean ^a  

^a EDOUARD HERRIOT HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Clonidine; Postoperative apnea; Preterm infant

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; CLONIDINE; LIDOCAINE;

ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; APNEA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAUDAL ANESTHESIA; DRUG SAFETY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HERNIOTOMY; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; PATIENT MONITORING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0035187215     PISSN: 10987339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/rapm.2001.20455     Document Type: Article

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