Double-blind parallel comparison of multiple doses of apraclonidine, clonidine, and placebo administered intra-articularly to patients undergoing arthroscopic knee surgery

Clinical Journal of Pain

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 256-260

  Tan, Ping Heng ^a,b   Buerkle, Hartmut ^c   Cheng, Jiin Tsuey ^a   Shih, Hsun Chang ^d   Chou, Wen Ying ^e   Yang, Lin Cheng ^b,f  

^a NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b I SHOU UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^d CHIA YI CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^e CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^f NONE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Arthroscopic surgery; Intra articular apraclonidine; Intra articular clonidine; Postoperative analgesia

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; APRACLONIDINE; BUPIVACAINE; CLONIDINE; MORPHINE; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZZINESS; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG SAFETY; DYSPNEA; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; KNEE ARTHROSCOPY; KNEE SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SIDE EFFECT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THORAX PAIN; URINE RETENTION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALGESICS; ARTHRITIS; ARTHROSCOPY; CLONIDINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTICULAR; KNEE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PLACEBOS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 3042662042     PISSN: 07498047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002508-200407000-00007     Document Type: Article

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