Clonidine does not improve quality of ropivacaine axillary brachial plexus block in children

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 425-429

  Trifa, Mehdi ^a   Ben Khalifa, Sonia ^a   Jendoubi, Ali ^a   Zribi, Najeh ^a   Regaya, Tarek ^a   Engelhardt, Thomas ^b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

^b ROYAL ABERDEEN CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

axillary brachial plexus block; children; clonidine; ropivacaine

Indexed keywords

CLONIDINE; ROPIVACAINE;

ARTICLE; AXIAL BRACHIAL PLEXUS BLOCKING; BRACHIAL PLEXUS ANESTHESIA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG QUALITY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HAND SURGERY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADJUVANTS, ANESTHESIA; AMIDES; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLONIDINE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FOREARM; HAND; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAMPLE SIZE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84859568117     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: 14609592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9592.2012.03809.x     Document Type: Article

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