A Comparative study of intrathecal dexmedetomidine and fentanyl as adjuvants to Bupivacaine

• Main Authors: Rajni Gupta (Author), Reetu Verma (Author), Jaishri Bogra (Author), Monica Kohli (Author), Rajesh Raman (Author), Jitendra Kumar Kushwaha (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Various adjuvants have been used with local anesthetics in spinal anesthesia to avoid intraoperative visceral and somatic pain and to provide prolonged postoperative analgesia. Dexmedetomidine, the new highly selective α2-agonist drug, is now being used as a neuraxial adjuvant. The aim o...