Open AccessEfficacy of dexmedetomidine as an adjuvant to ropivacaine in pediatric caudal epidural block
Author(s) -
Manoj Kamal,
Sadik Mohammed,
Saroj Meena,
Geeta Singariya,
Rakesh Kumar,
Dilip Singh Chauhan
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
saudi journal of anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.416
H-Index - 24
eISSN - 1658-354X
pISSN - 0975-3125
DOI - 10.4103/1658-354x.177325
Subject(s) - dexmedetomidine , medicine , ropivacaine , anesthesia , sedation , analgesic , sevoflurane , saline , context (archaeology) , tramadol , surgery , paleontology , biology
Caudal analgesia is a reliable and an easy method to provide intraoperative and postoperative analgesia for infraumbilical surgeries in pediatric population but with the disadvantage of short duration of action after single injection. Many additives were used in combination with local anesthetics in the caudal block to prolong the postoperative analgesia.