Sedative, amnestic, and analgesic properties of small-dose dexmedetomidine infusions

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 699-705

  Hall, Judith E ^a   Uhrich, Toni D ^a   Barney, Jill A ^a   Arain, Shahbaz R ^a   Ebert, Thomas J ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b Medical Center Anesthesiology/112A   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXMEDETOMIDINE;

ADULT; AMNESIA; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN SATURATION; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDATION;

EID: 0034049613     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000539-200003000-00035     Document Type: Article

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