Effect of dexmedetomidine added to spinal bupivacaine for urological procedures.

Objectives: To determine the effect of adding dexmedetomidine to bupivacaine for neuraxial anesthesia.

Methods: Sixty-six patients were studied between April and May 2008 in the University of Jordan, Amman Jordan. They were randomly assigned into 3 groups, each receiving spinal bupivacaine 12.

Duration of venous occlusion with lidocaine for preventing propofol induced pain.

Objective: To study the effect of the venous occlusion duration using lidocaine on the incidence and severity of propofol induced pain.

Methods: A prospective double-blind randomized study was designed at Jordan University Hospital, Amman, Jordan between October 2007 and November 2007. One hundred and fifty patients aged 14-70 years, American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) clinical status I and II who underwent elective surgeries under general anesthesia, were divided into 3 groups.