Open AccessEvaluation of clonidine as an adjuvant to brachial plexus block and its comparison with tramadol
Author(s) -
Kelika Prakash,
Jamkar Maya Arun
Publication year - 2017
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_58_13
Subject(s) - medicine , tramadol , clonidine , anesthesia , adjuvant , brachial plexus , brachial plexus block , block (permutation group theory) , surgery , analgesic , geometry , mathematics
It has been reported that clonidine when used as an additive in a dose of 90 μg in adults increases the duration of peripheral nerve blocks. Hence, this study was conducted to evaluate the effect of clonidine in brachial plexus blocks and to compare it with tramadol.