Clonidine produces a dose-dependent impairment of baroreflex-mediated thermoregulatory responses to positive end-expiratory pressure in anaesthetized humans

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 536-541

  Mizobe, Toshi ^a   Nakajima, Y ^a   Sunaguchi, M ^a   Ueno, H ^a   Sessler, D I ^b  

^a KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Complications, hypothermia; Premedication, clonidine; Reflexes, baroreceptor; Temperature, regulation; Ventilation, positive end expiratory pressure (PEEP)

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ANESTHETIC AGENT; ANGIOTENSIN; BUPIVACAINE; CLONIDINE; ISOFLURANE; LIDOCAINE; NITROUS OXIDE; NORADRENALIN; PLACEBO; PROPOFOL; RENIN; VECURONIUM;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; ADULT; ANGIOTENSIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORE TEMPERATURE; DOSE RESPONSE; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; MALE; NORADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; PLASMA RENIN ACTIVITY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PREMEDICATION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; THERMOREGULATION;

EID: 17044408428     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aei086     Document Type: Article

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