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Continuing Education in Anaesthesia, Critical Care & Pain 2009 9(2):70-72; doi:10.1093/bjaceaccp/mkp008
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© The Author [2009]. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of The Board of Directors of the British Journal of Anaesthesia. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oxfordjournal.org

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Fast-track surgery and anaesthesia

1. Epidural infusions of local anaesthetic + /– opioids:
  1. Provide better static and dynamic pain relief than i.v. opioid-based patient-controlled analgesia regimes.
  2. Reduce the risk of pulmonary complications after upper abdominal and thoracic surgery.
  3. Reduce the time to ambulation.
  4. Contribute to a reduction in mortality after major abdominal surgery.
  5. Facilitate the recovery of bowel motility after laparoscopic colorectal resections.

2. With regard to clonidine and its alpha2 agonist activity:
  1. Premedication with clonidine is associated with a reduction in postoperative nausea and vomiting.
  2. Clonidine worsens glycaemic control in the perioperative period.
  3. Clonidine shortens the duration of paralytic ileus.
  4. Administration of clonidine is associated with increased . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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