Prevention and treatment of postoperative pain continues to be a major challenge in
postoperative care. Opioid analgesics, with their well-known side effects, continue to …

Background: Clonidine has emerged as an attractive premedication desirable in
laparoscopic surgery wherein significant hemodynamic stress response is seen. The …

Background: Laryngoscopy and intubation evokes a transient but marked sympathetic
response manifesting as increase in heart rate, blood pressure & arrhythmias. We …

Introduction: Laryngoscopy and tracheal intubation after the induction of anaesthesia, are
nearly always associated with sympathetic hyperactivity. To 'blunt'this pressor response …

Background: We compared the effects of oral clonidine and gabapentin as premedicant in
obtunding hemodynamic response to laryngoscopy and intubation in normotensive patients …

Background: Laryngoscopy and endotracheal intubation (L and I) is associated with rise in
blood pressure (BP), heart rate (HR), leading to adverse cardiological outcome especially in …

Design: A prospective, randomized, comparative, double-blind study with a sample size of
sixty patients. Methods: Sixty patients undergoing elective neurosurgery were randomly …

Results: In the clonidine group, the rate of blood loss, the surgical time, propofol infusion rate
was found to be statistically lower as compared to the diazepam group. Also a higher …

Aims: This study aims to assess the efficacy of intravenous (iv) clonidine premedication in
the prevention of adverse hemodynamic changes during intubation in a patient undergoing …

Introduction: Laryngoscopy and tracheal intubation are powerful noxious stimuli that should
be attenuated. Effect more severe in hypertensive patients. The present study evaluated the …