Open AccessSingle dose intravenous dexmedetomidine prolongs spinal anesthesia with hyperbaric bupivacaine
Author(s) -
Jyotsna Kubre,
Ashish Sethi,
Mamta Mahobia,
Deeksha Bindal,
Neeraj Narang,
Akanksha Saxena
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
al-banǧ. maqālāt wa abḥāṯ fī al-taẖdīr wa-al-in’āš
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0259-1162
DOI - 10.4103/0259-1162.174465
Subject(s) - dexmedetomidine , medicine , anesthesia , bupivacaine , sedation , analgesic , saline , intrathecal , diclofenac sodium , placebo , surgery , alternative medicine , pathology , pharmacology
Spinal block, a known technique to obtain anaesthesia for infraumblical surgeries. Now physician have advantage of using adjuvant to prolong the effect of intrathecal block, which can be given either intravenously or intrathecally, dexmedetomidine is one of them. We studied effect of intravenous dexmedetomidine for prolongation of duration of intrathecal block of 0.5% bupivacaine block.