Ketamine as an adjunct to caudal block in neonates and infants: Is it time to re-evaluate?

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 138-140

  Lonnqvist P A ^a   Walker, S M ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; CLONIDINE; KETAMINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; MORPHINE;

APNEA; APOPTOSIS; ASPHYXIA; CAUDAL ANESTHESIA; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NONHUMAN; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; URINE RETENTION;

EID: 84863895257     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aes228     Document Type: Editorial

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