Dexmedetomidine for the treatment of postanesthesia shivering in children

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 341-346

  Blaine Easley, R ^a   Brady, Kenneth M ^a   Tobias, Joseph D ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Dexmedetomidine; Pediatric; Shivering; Treatment

Indexed keywords

CLONIDINE; DEXMEDETOMIDINE; FENTANYL; PETHIDINE; SEVOFLURANE;

ADOLESCENT; ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BLOOD OXYGEN DESATURATION; BLOOD OXYGEN TENSION; BRADYCARDIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; EXTUBATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTENSION; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; OPEN STUDY; PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; SCHOOL CHILD; SHIVERING; SIDE EFFECT; TACHYCARDIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENERGIC ALPHA-AGONISTS; ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIA RECOVERY PERIOD; ANESTHESIA, CONDUCTION; ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; ANESTHETICS, INTRAVENOUS; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; DEXMEDETOMIDINE; FEMALE; FENTANYL; HUMANS; MALE; METHYL ETHERS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SHIVERING; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33847632825     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: 14609592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9592.2006.02100.x     Document Type: Article

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