The addition of clonidine 2 μg·kg-1 does not enhance the postoperative analgesia of a caudal block using 0.125% bupivacaine and epinephrine 1 : 200 000 in children: A prospective, double-blind, randomized study

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 476-483

  Wheeler, Melissa ^a,c   Patel, Arti ^a   Suresh, Santhanam ^a   Roth, Andrew G ^a   Birmingham, Patrick K ^a   Heffner, Corri L ^b   Coté, Charles J ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Bupivacaine; Child; Clonidine; Epinephrine; Local anesthesia; Neuraxial blockade

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ANALGESIC AGENT; BUPIVACAINE; CLONIDINE; COCODAMOL; IBUPROFEN; ISOFLURANE; MORPHINE; NITROUS OXIDE; OXYGEN; PARACETAMOL; SEVOFLURANE;

ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; CAUDAL ANESTHESIA; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; EXTUBATION; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; OBJECTIVE PAIN SCALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECOVERY ROOM; SEDATION; SEDATION SCORE;

ADJUVANTS, ANESTHESIA; ADRENERGIC ALPHA-AGONISTS; ANESTHESIA, CAUDAL; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BUPIVACAINE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLONIDINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EPINEPHRINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS;

EID: 20444468925     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9592.2005.01481.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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