Open AccessClonidine as an adjuvant to ropivacaine-induced supraclavicular brachial plexus block for upper limb surgeries
Author(s) -
Kalyani Nilesh Patil,
Noopur Dasmit Singh
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 - 10.4103/0970-9185.161674
Subject(s) - ropivacaine , medicine , clonidine , anesthesia , saline , brachial plexus block , local anesthetic , brachial plexus
Ropivacaine is a new amide, long acting, pure S-enantiomer, local anesthetic, with differential blocking effect. The addition of clonidine to local anesthetic improves the quality of peripheral nerve blocks. This study was conducted to evaluate the effect of clonidine on characteristics of ropivacaine-induced supraclavicular brachial plexus block.