Intranasal clonidine as a premedicant: Three cases with unique indications

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 71-73

  Stella, Michael J ^a   Bailey, Ann G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA HOSPITALS   (United States)

Author keywords

Agitation; Clonidine; Intranasal; Preoperative; Sedation

Indexed keywords

CLONIDINE; FENTANYL; MIDAZOLAM;

AGITATION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CAUTERIZATION; CHILD CARE; EHLERS DANLOS SYNDROME; EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA; ESOPHAGUS DILATATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFANT; MALE; PREMEDICATION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOCYTE DYSFUNCTION; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRANASAL; ADRENERGIC ALPHA-AGONISTS; ASTHMA; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; BALLOON DILATATION; BLOOD PLATELET DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLONIDINE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA; ESOPHAGUS; HALLUCINATIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MOUTH REHABILITATION; OXIMETRY; PREMEDICATION; URETHRA;

EID: 37249039051     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: 14609592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9592.2007.02349.x     Document Type: Article

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