Following an inhalation induction with sevoflurane in children, movement with intravenous placement was greater, and the incidence of laryngospasm was higher, when the intravenous access was attempted 30 s rather than 120 s following loss of lid reflex. We recommend waiting two min following the loss of lid reflex before attempting intravenous placement in children receiving an inhalation induction with sevoflurane.

In early laboring patients, addition of clonidine prolongs the analgesia duration of a 0.625 mg.ml(-1) bupivacaine continuous epidural infusion following 100 microg epidural fentanyl (after a lidocaine-epinephrine test dose) without a clinically significant increase in side effects.

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We do not recommend sumatriptan in patients who have exhausted conservative management of postdural puncture headache.

Using smaller doses of ketorolac (e.g., 7.5 mg every 6 h) as a supplement to morphine patient-controlled analgesia is as effective as larger doses in patients who have undergone spine stabilization surgery.