Epidural clonidine for postoperative pain after total knee arthroplasty: A dose-response study

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 104, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1230-1235

  Huang, Yuan Shiou ^a   Lin, Liu Chi ^a   Huh, Billy K ^b   Sheen, Michael J ^a   Yeh, Chun Chang ^a   Wong, Chih Shung ^a   Wu, Ching Tang ^a  

^a TRI SERVICE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLONIDINE; MORPHINE; NALOXONAZINE; PETHIDINE; PROCHLORPERAZINE; ROPIVACAINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR NERVE BLOCK; NAUSEA; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RATING SCALE; SEDATION; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; VOMITING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; CLONIDINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE;

EID: 34247488219     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ane.0000263284.34950.f4     Document Type: Article

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