Dexmedetomidine improves intraoperative conditions and quality of postoperative analgesia when added to epidural in elective cesarean section

Egyptian Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 353-357

  Hanoura, Samy Elsayed ^a   Saad, Rabei Hassanein ^a   Singh, Rajvir ^b  

^a AL AZHAR UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b HAMAD MEDICAL CORPORATION   (Qatar)

Author keywords

Combined spinal epidural anesthesia; Elective cesarean section; Epidural dexmedetomidine

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; DEXMEDETOMIDINE; FENTANYL;

ADD ON THERAPY; ADULT; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEDATION; SHIVERING;

EID: 84927954598     PISSN: 11101849     EISSN: 16871804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.egja.2014.03.004     Document Type: Article

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