Open AccessAttenuation of hemodynamic response to laryngoscopy and orotracheal intubation using intravenous clonidine
Author(s) -
Arora Sakshi,
Anita Kulkarni,
Ajay Bhargava
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of anaesthesiology-clinical pharmacology/journal of anaesthesiology clinical pharmacology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.466
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 2231-2730
pISSN - 0970-9185
DOI - 10.4103/0970-9185.150559
Subject(s) - medicine , clonidine , anesthesia , laryngoscopy , intubation , fentanyl , sedation , placebo , alternative medicine , pathology
Alpha-2 agonists are being increasingly used as adjuncts in general anesthesia and the present study was carried out to study the effect of clonidine as an adjuvant to low dose fentanyl in attenuating the hemodynamic response to laryngoscopy and orotracheal intubation.