Dexmedetomidine added to levobupivacaine prolongs axillary brachial plexus block

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 111, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1548-1551

  Esmaoglu, Aliye ^a   Yegenoglu, Fusun ^a   Akin, Aynur ^a   Turk, Cemil Yildirim ^a  

^a ERCIYES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; DEXMEDETOMIDINE; LEVOBUPIVACAINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AXIAL BRACHIAL PLEXUS BLOCKING; BRADYCARDIA; DEMOGRAPHY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HAND SURGERY; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE STIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIAL NERVE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SENSORY ANALYSIS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ULNAR NERVE;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BRADYCARDIA; BUPIVACAINE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DEXMEDETOMIDINE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FOREARM; HAND; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVE BLOCK; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TURKEY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650311343     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0b013e3181fa3095     Document Type: Article

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