Efficacy of low-dose caudal clonidine in reduction of sevoflurane-induced agitation in children undergoing urogenital and lower limb surgery: a prospective randomised double-blind study.

Background: Sevoflurane is commonly used as an inhalational induction agent in paediatric patients. Emergence agitation is a common post-operative problem in young children who have received sevoflurane. Clonidine has proven to be effective in reducing the incidence of post-operative agitation at a higher dose (3 and 2 μg kg⁻¹).

Early oral hydration and its impact on bowel activity after elective caesarean section--our experience.

Aim: To assess the effects of early oral hydration after elective caesarian section.

Methods: Hundred women were selected from the maternity wards of LHMC and SSK Hospital, and alternately assigned into control and study groups of 50 each. Women with medical complications and antepartum haemorrhage were excluded.