Dexmedetomidine to facilitate drug withdrawal

Anesthesiology

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 575-577

  Maccioli, Gerald A ^a  

^a Raleigh Practice Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CLONIDINE; COCAINE; DEXMEDETOMIDINE; LORAZEPAM; OPIATE DERIVATIVE; HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT;

ABDOMINAL WALL HERNIA; ADULT; AGITATION; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; SEDATION; SEIZURE; TACHYCARDIA; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; BLOOD PRESSURE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DRUG EFFECT; HEART RATE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RESTLESSNESS;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; BLOOD PRESSURE; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; DEXMEDETOMIDINE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; LORAZEPAM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMOTOR AGITATION; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

EID: 0037315471     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-200302000-00041     Document Type: Article

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