Clinical uses of α2-adrenergic agonists

Anesthesiology

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1345-1349

  Kamibayashi, T ^a   Maze, M ^a  

^a CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anesthesia; Anxiolysis; Clonidine; Dexmedetomidine; Pain; Sedation; Sympat holysis; 2 Adrenergic receptor

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ATIPAMEZOLE; CLONIDINE; DEXMEDETOMIDINE; DIZOCILPINE; FENTANYL; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; ISOFLURANE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; MIVAZEROL; NITROUS OXIDE; OPIATE AGONIST; PROPOFOL; SUFENTANIL; VECURONIUM; ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT;

ANALGESIA; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BRADYCARDIA; CARDIOVASCULAR EFFECT; CLINICAL TRIAL; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPNOSIS; HYPOTENSION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MEMORY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEDATION; SHIVERING; TRANQUILIZING ACTIVITY; ANIMAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG POTENTIATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-AGONISTS; ANIMALS; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, ALPHA-2;

EID: 0033623230     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-200011000-00030     Document Type: Review

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