Continuous infusion of clonidine in ventilated newborns and infants: A randomized controlled trial

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 511-522

  Hünseler, Christoph ^a   Balling, Gunter ^b   Röhlig, Christoph ^b   Blickheuser, Rainer ^c   Trieschmann, Uwe ^a   Lieser, Ulla ^d   Dohna Schwake, Christian ^e   Gebauer, Corinna ^f   Möller, Oliver ^g   Hering, Fritz ^h   Hoehn, Thomas ⁱ   Schubert, Stephan ^j   Hentschel, Roland ^k   Huth, Ralf G ^l   Müller, Andreas ^m   Müller, Carsten ^a   Wassmer, Gernot ^a   Hahn, Moritz ^a   Harnischmacher, Urs ^a   Behr, Julie ^a   Roth, Bernhard ^a   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c Department of Neuropaediatrics   (Germany)

^d MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITÄT HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

ⁱ HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^j DEUTSCHES HERZZENTRUM BERLIN   (Germany)

^k UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^l JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^m UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

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Author keywords

Analgesia; Clonidine; Infant; Intravenous infusion; Newborn; Sedation

Indexed keywords

CLONIDINE; FENTANYL; MIDAZOLAM; PLACEBO; THIOPENTAL; ANALGESIC AGENT; HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTUBATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEDATION; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VENTILATED PATIENT; AGE; CLINICAL TRIAL; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PROCEDURES; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

AGE FACTORS; ANALGESICS; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; CLONIDINE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FENTANYL; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MIDAZOLAM; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

EID: 84904193432     PISSN: 15297535     EISSN: 19473893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PCC.0000000000000151     Document Type: Article

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