Brachial plexus block: Comparison of two different doses of clonidine added to bupivacaine

Journal of Anaesthesiology Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 491-495

  Kohli, Santvana ^a   Kaur, Manpreet ^a   Sahoo, Sangeeta ^a   Vajifdar, Homay ^b   Kohli, Pramod ^b  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b LADY HARDINGE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Adjuvant; brachial plexus block; bupivacaine; clonidine; postoperative analgesia

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; CLONIDINE; DIAZEPAM; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; ROPIVACAINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS ANESTHESIA; BRADYCARDIA; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; OXYGEN SATURATION; PATIENT COMFORT; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEDATION; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

EID: 84885655893     PISSN: 09709185     EISSN: 22312730     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0970-9185.119147     Document Type: Article

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