Clonidine as an Adjuvant to Intrathecal Local Anesthetics for Surgery: Systematic Review of Randomized Trials

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 159-167

  Elia, Nadia ^a   Culebras, Xavier ^b   Mazza, Christian ^b   Schiffer, Eduardo ^a   Tramèr, Martin R ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alpha2 adrenoreceptor agonist; Analgesia; Dose response; Regional anesthesia; Surgery

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; CLONIDINE; EPHEDRINE; MEPIVACAINE; PRILOCAINE; TETRACAINE;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DOSE RESPONSE; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; META ANALYSIS; MOTOR NERVE BLOCK; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN; PEROPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ADJUVANTS, ANESTHESIA; ANALGESICS; ANESTHESIA, SPINAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BUPIVACAINE; CLONIDINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; MEPIVACAINE; PRILOCAINE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TETRACAINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 39449095747     PISSN: 10987339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rapm.2007.10.008     Document Type: Article

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