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Effect of intravenous dexmedetomidine administered as bolus or as bolus-plus-infusion on subarachnoid anesthesia with hyperbaric bupivacaine
Author(s) -
Upadhya R Kavya,
Laxmi Shenoy,
Venkateswaran Ramesh
Publication year - 2018
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/joacp.joacp_132_16
Subject(s) - dexmedetomidine , medicine , anesthesia , bupivacaine , bolus (digestion) , saline , bradycardia , sedation , local anesthetic , surgery , heart rate , blood pressure , radiology
Subarachnoid anesthesia is a widely practiced regional anesthetic for infraumbilical surgeries. Intravenous dexmedetomidine is known to prolong both sensory and motor blockade when administered along with subarachnoid anesthesia.

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