Open AccessComparison of intrathecal clonidine and magnesium sulphate used as an adjuvant with hyperbaric bupivacaine in lower abdominal surgery
Author(s) -
Mamta Khandelwal,
Debojyoti Dutta,
Usha Bafna,
Sunil Chauhan,
Pranav Jetley,
Saikat Mitra
Publication year - 2017
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/ija.ija_610_16
Subject(s) - medicine , anesthesia , bupivacaine , clonidine , sedation , saline , analgesic , surgery , fentanyl , adverse effect , abdominal surgery
Use of various adjuvants to spinal anaesthesia is a well-known modality to provide intra- and post-operative analgesia. This study was designed to evaluate and compare the analgesic efficacy of clonidine and magnesium when used as an additive to intrathecal 0.5% hyperbaric bupivacaine.