The prevention of emergence agitation with tropisetron or clonidine after sevoflurane anesthesia in small children undergoing adenoidectomy

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 102, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1383-1386

  Lankinen, Ulla ^b   Avela, Risto ^b   Tarkkila, Pekka ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALFENTANIL; CLONIDINE; DICLOFENAC; ONDANSETRON; OXYCODONE; PLACEBO; SEVOFLURANE; TROPISETRON;

ADENOIDECTOMY; ADOLESCENT; AGITATION; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CHILD; CHRONIC TONSILLITIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TONSILLECTOMY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 33646178363     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ane.0000205745.84044.31     Document Type: Article

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