Analgesia for paediatric tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy with intramuscular clonidine

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 617-620

  Freeman, Katherine O ^a   Connelly, Neil Roy ^a   Schwartz, Donald ^a   Jacobs, Barry R ^a   Schreibstein, Jerry M ^a   Gibson, Charles ^a  

^a BAYSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

2 receptor agonist: clonidine; Surgery: tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy

Indexed keywords

CLONIDINE; DROPERIDOL; FENTANYL; METOCLOPRAMIDE; NITRIC OXIDE; PARACETAMOL; SEVOFLURANE;

ADENOIDECTOMY; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG UTILIZATION; HEMODYNAMICS; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INHALATION ANESTHESIA; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TONSILLECTOMY;

ACETAMINOPHEN; ADENOIDECTOMY; ADMINISTRATION, RECTAL; ADRENERGIC ALPHA-AGONISTS; AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ANALGESICS; ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLONIDINE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FENTANYL; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; TONSILLECTOMY;

EID: 0036412074     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9592.2002.00914.x     Document Type: Article

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