The addition of droperidol or clonidine to epidural tramadol shortens onset time and increases duration of postoperative analgesia

Canadian Journal of Anesthesia

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 147-152

  Gürses, Ercan ^a   Sungurtekin, Hülya ^a   Tomatir, Erkan ^a   Balci, Canan ^a   Gönüllü, Mustafa ^a  

^a PAMUKKALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALFENTANIL; ANTIEMETIC AGENT; CALCITONIN; CISATRACURIUM; CLONIDINE; DROPERIDOL; EPHEDRINE; FENTANYL; KETAMINE; METOCLOPRAMIDE; MIDAZOLAM; MORPHINE; NEOSTIGMINE; NITROUS OXIDE PLUS OXYGEN; NORADRENALIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; PETHIDINE; PROPOFOL; RINGER LACTATE SOLUTION; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; SOMATOSTATIN; SUFENTANIL; TRAMADOL;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; BREATHING RATE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; EPIDURAL CATHETER; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYMPTOM; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; LONG QT SYNDROME; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NEUROTOXICITY; OXYGEN SATURATION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PANIC; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEDATION; SIDE EFFECT; TIME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 0037301557     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03017847     Document Type: Article

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