Clonidine for the prevention of emergence agitation in young children: Efficacy and recovery profile

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 554-559

  Malviya, Shobha ^a,c   Voepel Lewis, Terri ^a   Ramamurthi, Radhamangalam J ^b   Burke, Constance ^a   Tait, Alan R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Clonidine; Emergence agitation; Young children

Indexed keywords

CLONIDINE; ISOFLURANE; KETOROLAC; NITROUS OXIDE; PARACETAMOL; PLACEBO; SEVOFLURANE;

AGGRESSION; AGITATION; ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANESTHETIC RECOVERY; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DIZZINESS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; EXPERIENCE; FEAR; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INCIDENCE; INFORMED CONSENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; NIGHTMARE; PAIN; PARENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SIDE EFFECT; SOMNOLENCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TELEPHONE; WAKEFULNESS;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-AGONISTS; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLONIDINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; ISOFLURANE; LASER SURGERY; MALE; METHYL ETHERS; OTOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PSYCHOMOTOR AGITATION; SLEEP STAGES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINOR;

EID: 33645893467     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: 14609592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9592.2006.01818.x     Document Type: Article

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