Spinal versus peripheral effects of adjunct clonidine: Comparison of the analgesic effect of a ropivacaine-clonidine mixture when administered as a caudal or ilioinguinal-iliohypogastric nerve blockade for inguinal surgery in children

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 680-684

  Ivani, G ^a   Conio, A ^a   De Negri, P ^b   Eksborg, S ^c   Lönnqvist, Per Arne ^c  

^a REGINA MARGHERITA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b CASA SOLLIEVO DELLA SOFFERENZA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Children; Clonidine; Pain: postoperative; Randomized controlled trial; Regional anaesthesia: caudal; Regional anaesthesia: ilioinguinal; Ropivacaine; Sedation

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; CITODON MINOR; CLONIDINE; CODEINE; PARACETAMOL; ROPIVACAINE; SEVOFLURANE; AMIDE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; CAUDAL ANESTHESIA; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; HYPOGASTRIC NERVE; INGUINAL HERNIA; INGUINAL REGION; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; ORCHIDOPEXY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PERIPHERAL NERVE; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEDATION; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; ANALGESIA; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; INFANT; INNERVATION; NERVE BLOCK; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINE; TIME;

AMIDES; ANALGESIA; ANESTHESIA, CAUDAL; ANESTHETICS, COMBINED; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLONIDINE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; GROIN; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; INFANT; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036460540     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9592.2002.00935.x     Document Type: Article

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