Sedation caused by clonidine in patients with spinal cord injury

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 742-745

  Malinovsky, J M ^a   Malinge, M ^a   Lepage, J Y ^a   Pinaud, M ^a  

^a HÔTEL DIEU   (France)

Author keywords

Anaesthetic techniques; Bispectral index; Clonidine; Complications; Monitoring; Spinal injury; Subarachnoid; Sympathetic nervous system

Indexed keywords

BACLOFEN; BUPIVACAINE; CLONIDINE; EPHEDRINE; FENTANYL; MIDAZOLAM; SUFENTANIL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEDATION; SENSORY SYSTEM EXAMINATION; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0037864146     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aeg134     Document Type: Article

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