The role of dexmedetomidine (Precedex®) in the sedation of critically ill patients

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Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 158-161

  Abramov, Diana ^a   Nogid, Boris ^b   Nogid, Anna ^c,d  

^a LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BROOKLYN HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Arnold and Marie Schwartz College of Pharmacy   (United States)

^d BELLEVUE HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALFENTANIL; BENZODIAZEPINE; DEXMEDETOMIDINE; HALOPERIDOL; LORAZEPAM; MIDAZOLAM; OPIATE; PLACEBO; PROPOFOL;

ACIDOSIS; AGITATION; ANALGESIA; ANEMIA; ANESTHESIA; ATELECTASIS; BLEEDING; BRADYCARDIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFUSION; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DRUG ACTIVATION; DRUG CLEARANCE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ELIMINATION; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG METABOLISM; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG STRUCTURE; FEVER; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPOTENSION; HYPOXIA; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KIDNEY FAILURE; LIVER FAILURE; LONG TERM CARE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NAUSEA; OLIGURIA; PAIN; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; REVIEW; RIGOR; SEDATION; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; SIDE EFFECT; TACHYCARDIA; TRANQUILIZING ACTIVITY; VOMITING; XEROSTOMIA;

EID: 15744395817     PISSN: 10521372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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