Open AccessOptimum Concentration of Caudal Ropivacaine & Clonidine - A Satisfactory Analgesic Solution for Paediatric Infraumbilical Surgery Pain
Author(s) -
Narasimhamurthy Gc,
M. S. Patel,
Yvonne Menezes,
Gurushanth Kn
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2016/18946.7665
Subject(s) - ropivacaine , clonidine , medicine , anesthesia , analgesic , sedation , bupivacaine , saline , imidazoline receptor , sedative , hemodynamics , dexmedetomidine , surgery , pharmacology
Ropivacaine is amide local anaesthetic pure S(-)enantiomer of bupivacaine. Its duration of analgesia is similar to that of Bupivacaine (in equivalent doses) but the motor block is slower in onset, less intense, shorter in duration for a given level of sensory block with lesser cardiac side effects but addition of an adjuvant like clonidine which is an imidazoline derivative has been studied for its sedative, anxiolytic and analgesic properties.