Open AccessDexmedetomidine as an intrathecal adjuvant for postoperative analgesia
Author(s) -
Rajni Gupta,
Jaishri Bogra,
Reetu Verma,
Monica Kohli,
Jitendra Kumar Kushwaha,
Sanjiv Kumar
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
indian journal of anaesthesia/indian journal of anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.645
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 0976-2817
pISSN - 0019-5049
DOI - 10.4103/0019-5049.84841
Subject(s) - dexmedetomidine , medicine , ropivacaine , anesthesia , saline , analgesic , intrathecal , isobaric process , spinal cord , clonidine , visual analogue scale , sedation , physics , psychiatry , thermodynamics
Spinal anaesthesia is the most common approach which is used for lower limb surgery. Dexmedetomidine is the recent drug which acts on α2-adrenergic receptors in the dorsal horn of the spinal cord to produce analgesic effects.