A comparative study of dexmedetomidine and fentanyl as adjuvants to levobupivacaine for caudal analgesia in children undergoing lower limb orthopedic surgery

BACKGROUND: Levobupivacaine is an effective local anesthetic agent with less systemic toxicity than racemic bupivacaine, but it has short postoperative analgesic duration. Dexmedetomidine and fentanyl are promising adjuncts to provide excellent and prolonged postoperative caudal analgesia. This stud...

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Autores principales: Elfawal, SM, Abdelaal, WA, Hosny, MR
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5044727/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27833486
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1658-354X.179110

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5044727/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27833486
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1658-354X.179110

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