Clonidine added to a continuous interscalene ropivacaine perineural infusion to improve postoperative analgesia: A randomized, double-blind, controlled study

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1172-1178

  Ilfeld, Brian M ^a,c   Morey, Timothy E ^a   Thannikary, Lisa J ^a   Wright, Thomas W ^b   Enneking, F Kayser ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; CLONIDINE; MEPIVACAINE; ROPIVACAINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BOLUS INJECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-AGONISTS; AMIDES; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; CLONIDINE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ENDPOINT DETERMINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 15544381433     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ASN.0000145571.41015.D5     Document Type: Article

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