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Clonidine premedication for postoperative analgesia in children.
BACKGROUND Postoperative pain remains a significant problem following paediatric surgery. Premedication with a suitable agent may improve its management. Clonidine is an alpha-2 adrenergic agonist which has sedative, anxiolytic and analgesic properties. It may therefore be a useful premedication for reducing postoperative pain in children. OBJECTIVES To evaluate the evidence for the effective...
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PURPOSE To investigate the influence of low dose clonidine premedication on perioperative glucose homeostasis. METHODS Sixteen patients undergoing abdominal hysterectomy for benign uterine myoma were randomly assigned to receive either iv clonidine (1 microg x kg(-1)) 30 min before induction of general anesthesia (clonidine, n=8) or saline (control, n=8). Plasma concentrations of glucose, ins...
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BACKGROUND Blood loss in spine surgery is an important issue, even though it has been understudied compared with hip and knee arthroplasty. OBJECTIVES In this study, we evaluated the effect of oral clonidine as premedication on blood loss in lumbar spine fusion surgery under anesthesia with propofol and remifentanil. PATIENTS AND METHODS In this double-blind, randomized clinical trial, 30 p...
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This is a prospective randomized double-blind trial conducted to determine whether preoperative orally administered clonidine causes or potentiates postoperative vomiting in 140 children (3-12 yr) undergoing strabismus surgery. They were all inpatients and classified randomly into four groups (n = 35 each); placebo (control), diazepam 0.4 mg.kg-1, clonidine 2 micrograms.kg-1, and clonidine 4 mi...
متن کاملOral clonidine premedication reduces postoperative pain in children.
Clonidine is an effective preanesthetic medication in children, providing a preoperative sedative effect. The analgesic properties of the drug have been well documented in adults. The current study was designed to investigate the effect of oral clonidine given preoperatively on postoperative pain in children undergoing minor surgery. In a prospective, randomized, controlled clinical trial, 90 c...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Saudi Journal of Anaesthesia
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1658-354X
DOI: 10.4103/1658-354x.93041