A Comparative study of intrathecal dexmedetomidine and fentanyl as adjuvants to Bupivacaine

Background: Various adjuvants have been used with local anesthetics in spinal anesthesia to avoid intraoperative visceral and somatic pain and to provide prolonged postoperative analgesia. Dexmedetomidine, the new highly selective α2-agonist drug, is now being used as a neuraxial adjuvant. The aim o...

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Main Authors: Rajni Gupta, Reetu Verma, Jaishri Bogra, Monica Kohli, Rajesh Raman, Jitendra Kumar Kushwaha
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2011-01-01
Series:Journal of Anaesthesiology Clinical Pharmacology
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Online Access:http://www.joacp.org/article.asp?issn=0970-9185;year=2011;volume=27;issue=3;spage=339;epage=343;aulast=Gupta