Efficacy of clonidine as an adjuvant to ropivacaine in supraclavicular brachial plexus block: A prospective study

Background and Aims: Bupivacaine has been the most frequently used local anaesthetic in brachial plexus block, but ropivacaine has also been successfully tried in the recent past. It is less cardiotoxic, less arrhythmogenic, less toxic to the central nervous system than bupivacaine, and it has intri...

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Main Authors: Qazi Ehsan Ali, L Manjunatha, Syed Hussain Amir, Shaista Jamil, Abdul Quadir
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2014-01-01
Series:Indian Journal of Anaesthesia
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Online Access:http://www.ijaweb.org/article.asp?issn=0019-5049;year=2014;volume=58;issue=6;spage=709;epage=713;aulast=Ali