A comparison of single-dose caudal clonidine, morphine, or hydromorphone combined with ropivacaine in pediatric patients undergoing ureteral reimplantation

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 104, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1356-1363

  Vetter, Thomas R ^a,b   Carvallo, Daniel ^a   Johnson, Jodie L ^a   Mazurek, Michael S ^a   Presson Jr , Robert G ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b RILEY HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; CLONIDINE; DIAZEPAM; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; HYDROMORPHONE; MIDAZOLAM; MORPHINE; ONDANSETRON; OXYBUTYNIN; OXYGEN; PARACETAMOL; ROPIVACAINE; SEVOFLURANE;

ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BLADDER SPASM; BRADYCARDIA; CAUDAL ANESTHESIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INDUCED HYPOTENSION; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; SEDATION; SIDE EFFECT; URETER REIMPLANTATION; VOMITING;

AMIDES; ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLONIDINE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROMORPHONE; INFANT; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; MALE; MORPHINE; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; REPLANTATION; URETER;

EID: 34249070452     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ane.0000261521.52562.de     Document Type: Article

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