Unilateral spinal anaesthesia for outpatient surgery: A comparison between hyperbaric bupivacaine and bupivacaine-clonidine combination

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 788-793

  Merivirta, R ^a,c   Kuusniemi, K ^a   Jaakkola, P ^a   Pihlajamaki K ^a   Pitkanen M ^b  

^a TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b ORTON Invalid Foundation   (Finland)

^c Surgical Hospital   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BICAIN POND SPINAL; BUPIVACAINE; CLONIDINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BRADYCARDIA; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG POTENTIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; KNEE ARTHROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; MOTOR NERVE BLOCK; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NERVE BLOCK; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHIVERING; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; TRANSIENT NEUROLOGICAL SYMPTOM;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-AGONISTS; ADULT; AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ANESTHESIA, SPINAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ARTHROSCOPY; BUPIVACAINE; CLONIDINE; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; KNEE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS;

EID: 67149126587     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: 13996576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2009.01955.x     Document Type: Article

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