Comparison of clonidine, local anesthetics, and placebo for pain reduction in pediatric tonsillectomy

Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 137, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 591-597

  Moss, Jonathan R ^a   Cofer, Shelagh ^b   Hersey, Shannon ^a   Goudy, Steven ^a   Werkhaven, Jay ^a   Swanson, Erik ^a   Mantle, Christopher ^a   Stowell, Nicholas ^a   Byrne, Daniel ^a   Wang, Li ^a   Labadie, Robert ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AZITHROMYCIN; BUPIVACAINE PLUS LIDOCAINE; CLONIDINE; HYDROCODONE; METOCLOPRAMIDE; MORPHINE; ONDANSETRON; PARACETAMOL; PLACEBO; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; DEHYDRATION; DIET; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FACES PAIN SCALE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME VARIABLE; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECOVERY ROOM; SCHOOL CHILD; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TONSILLECTOMY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADENOIDS; ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ANALGESICS; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BUPIVACAINE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLONIDINE; DEHYDRATION; DIET; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY; INJECTIONS; LIDOCAINE; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PALATINE TONSIL; PREMEDICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES; TONSILLECTOMY; TONSILLITIS;

EID: 79959361924     PISSN: 08864470     EISSN: 1538361X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archoto.2011.45     Document Type: Article

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