Co-injection of clonidine prolongs the anesthetic effect of lidocaine skin infiltration by a peripheral action

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 982-983

  Pratap, Jayant Nick ^a   Shankar, Rajesh K ^b   Goroszeniuk, Teodor ^a,c  

^a GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b ST RICHARD S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLONIDINE; LIDOCAINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; FOREARM; HUMAN; INJECTION; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; NORMAL HUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN SENSATION; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-AGONISTS; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; CLONIDINE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FOREARM; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; LIDOCAINE; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN THRESHOLD; REFERENCE VALUES; SKIN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34047276281     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ane.0000257949.46444.a8     Document Type: Article

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