Evaluation of efficacy of dexmedetomidine versus propofol for sedation in children undergoing magnetic resonance imaging.

Background: A deep level of sedation is required for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in children to ensure optimum image quality. The present study was conducted to evaluate the efficacy and safety of dexmedetomidine versus propofol for sedation in children undergoing MRI.

Materials And Methods: A total of sixty children aged 2-10 years, having physical status 1 or 2 according to the American Society of Anesthesiologists, undergoing MRI were included in the study.

Comparative evaluation of subclavian vein catheterisation using supraclavicular versus infraclavicular approach.

Background And Aims: Infraclavicular (IC) approach of subclavian vein (SCV) catheterisation is widely used as compared to supraclavicular (SC) approach. The aim of the study was to compare the ease of catheterisation of SCV using SC versus IC approach and also record the incidence of complications related to either approach, if any.

Methods: In the study, 60 patients enrolled were randomly divided into two groups of 30 patients each.

Intrathecal clonidine as an adjuvant to hyperbaric bupivacaine in patients undergoing inguinal herniorrhaphy: A randomized double-blinded study.

Background: Clonidine is added to intrathecal local anesthetics to improve intraoperative analgesia and to increase the duration of sensory and motor block. Aim of this study was to evaluate and compare the effects of addition of two different doses of clonidine (15 and 30 mcg) to 11 mg hyperbaric bupivacaine in patients undergoing inguinal herniorrhaphy surgery under spinal anesthesia.

Materials And Methods: Seventy-five patients enrolled in the study were randomly divided into three groups of 25 each.