Intraoperative administration of dexmedetomidine reduces the analgesic requirements for children undergoing hypospadius surgery

European Journal of Anaesthesiology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 247-252

  Al Zaben, Khaled R ^a   Qudaisat, Ibraheem Y ^a   Al Ghanem, Subhi M ^a   Massad, Islam M ^a   Al Mustafa, Mahmoud M ^a   Al Oweidi, Abdelkarim S ^a   Abu Halaweh, Sami A ^a   Abu Ali, Hamdi M ^a   Saleem, Mohammad M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Dexmedetomidine; Hypospadius; Paediatric; Pain

Indexed keywords

ATRACURIUM; DEXMEDETOMIDINE; FENTANYL; MORPHINE; NITROUS OXIDE; OXYGEN; PARACETAMOL; SEVOFLURANE;

ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANESTHETIC RECOVERY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEART RATE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPOSPADIAS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LOADING DRUG DOSE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; UROLOGIC SURGERY;

ANALGESIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEXMEDETOMIDINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOSPADIAS; INFANT; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; MALE; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE;

EID: 77953796425     PISSN: 02650215     EISSN: 13652346     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EJA.0b013e32833522bf     Document Type: Article

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