A sequential allocation study to determine the ED50 of Dexmedetomidine as an adjuvant to lidocaine intravenous regional anesthesia

Abstract Background Intravenous regional anesthesia is an easy and reliable anesthetic technique, but its use is limited by tourniquet pain. Clonidine is effective in overcoming this shortcoming when used with intravenous regional anesthesia at a dose of 1 μg/kg. Dexmedetomidine has also been used s...

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Main Authors: Cynthia Karam, Sadek Al Assadi, Ghassan Kanazi, Carine Zeeni
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022-05-01
Series:BMC Anesthesiology
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12871-022-01702-9