Clonidine: An alternative to benzodiazepines for premedication in children

Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 608-613

  Bergendahl, Henrik ^a   Lönnqvist, Per Arne ^a   Eksborg, Staffan ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia; Benzodiazepines; Clonidine; Midazolam; Paediatric; Premedication

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; ATROPINE; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CIMETIDINE; CLONIDINE; DIAZEPAM; DICLOFENAC; DROPERIDOL; FENTANYL; FLURBIPROFEN; GLYCOPYRRONIUM BROMIDE; HALOTHANE; ISOFLURANE; MIDAZOLAM; MORPHINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OMEPRAZOLE; ONDANSETRON; PARACETAMOL; PROPOFOL; RANITIDINE; SCOPOLAMINE; SEVOFLURANE; SUCRALFATE;

AGITATION; AMNESIA; ANTEROGRADE AMNESIA; ANXIETY; APNEA; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BRADYCARDIA; CHILD; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONFUSION; DEFENSE MECHANISM; HEMODYNAMICS; HICCUP; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEMORY DISORDER; NIGHTMARE; OUTPATIENT; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; POSTOPERATIVE VOMITING; PREMEDICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; RETROGRADE AMNESIA; REVIEW; SHIVERING; SIDE EFFECT; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 28044438480     PISSN: 09527907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.aco.0000191891.44314.36     Document Type: Review

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