Analgesic and sympatholytic effects of low-dose intrathecal clonidine compared with bupivacaine: A dose-response study in female volunteers

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 256-263

  Ginosar, Y ^a   Riley, E T ^b   Angst, M S ^b  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

anaesthesia, spinal; bupivacaine; clonidine; female; human volunteers; injection, intrathecal; pain threshold; sympatholytics

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; CLONIDINE;

ADRENERGIC ACTIVITY; ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; COLD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DERMATOME; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FINGER; FOREARM; HEAT; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LOW DRUG DOSE; NAUSEA; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEDATION; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN TEMPERATURE; TOE;

EID: 84880515883     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aet027     Document Type: Article

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