Addition of Clonidine or Dexmedetomidine to Ropivacaine prolongs caudal analgesia in children

Background: Caudal block is a common technique for pediatric analgesia, but with the disadvantage of short duration of action after single injection. We compared the analgesic effects and side-effects of dexmedetomidine and clonidine added to ropivacaine in pediatric patients undergoing lower abdomi...

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Published in:	Indian Journal of Pain
Main Authors:	Shobhana Gupta, Virendra Pratap
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2014-01-01
Subjects:	Caudal analgesia clonidine dexmedetomidine
Online Access:	http://www.indianjpain.org/article.asp?issn=0970-5333;year=2014;volume=28;issue=1;spage=36;epage=41;aulast=Gupta