Should We Add Clonidine to Local Anesthetic for Peripheral Nerve Blockade? A Qualitative Systematic Review of the Literature

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 330-338

  McCartney, Colin J L ^a   Duggan, Edel ^b   Apatu, Emma ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adjunct; Clonidine; Local anesthetic; Peripheral nerve block

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; BUPIVACAINE; CLONIDINE; LEVOBUPIVACAINE; LIDOCAINE; MEPIVACAINE; ROPIVACAINE;

ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS ANESTHESIA; BRADYCARDIA; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DIZZINESS; EMBASE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDLINE; NERVE BLOCK; OXYGEN SATURATION; PERIBULBAR ANESTHESIA; PERIPHERAL NERVE; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; REFERENCE DATABASE; SEDATION; SIDE EFFECT; SURGICAL PATIENT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ADJUVANTS, ANESTHESIA; ANESTHETICS, COMBINED; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; CLONIDINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HUMANS; NERVE BLOCK; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 34548011006     PISSN: 10987339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rapm.2007.02.010     Document Type: Article

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