Spinal anesthesia for lengthy lower limb orthopedic surgeries: dexmedetomidine plus fentanyl versus dexmedetomidine
Abstract Background Spinal anesthesia is efficient but of limited duration. Intrathecal dexmedetomidine prolongs the sensory and motor blockade of bupivacaine. Dexmedetomidine-opioids combination displayed a clinically controversial interaction. Our proposal is that fentanyl may augment the block ch...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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SpringerOpen
2019-04-01
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| Series: | Ain Shams Journal of Anesthesiology |
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| Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s42077-019-0024-z |