Postoperative analgesia in children when using clonidine or fentanyl with ropivacaine given caudally

Journal of Anaesthesiology Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 205-210

  Shukla, Brig Usha ^a   Prabhakar, T ^a   Malhotra, Kiran ^a  

^a UP Rural Institute of Medical Sciences and Research   (India)

Author keywords

Caudal epidural; Clonidine; Fentanyl; Pediatric; Postoperative analgesia; Ropivacaine

Indexed keywords

CLONIDINE; FENTANYL; HALOTHANE; ISOFLURANE; MIDAZOLAM; NITROUS OXIDE; OXYGEN; PARACETAMOL; ROPIVACAINE;

ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; CAUDAL ANESTHESIA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING; PATIENT CODING; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; SEDATION; SIDE EFFECT; XEROSTOMIA;

EID: 79958696261     PISSN: 09709185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0970-9185.81842     Document Type: Article

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