Dexmedetomidine as a sole sedating agent with local anesthesia in a high-risk patient for axillofemoral bypass graft: A case report

AANA Journal

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 357-360

  Rich, James M ^a,b  

^a Baylor University Medical Center ^*

^b BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Conscious sedation; Dexmedetomidine; Difficult airway; Total intravenous anesthetic agent (TIVA); Troop elevation pillow

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; AMLODIPINE; CALCIUM ACETATE; DEXMEDETOMIDINE; FAMOTIDINE; FLUTICASONE; FUROSEMIDE; LIDOCAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; LOSARTAN; MIDAZOLAM; OPIATE; PREDNISONE; PROPOFOL; SALMETEROL; SEDATIVE AGENT;

AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; AXILLOFEMORAL ARTERY ANASTOMOSIS; BRADYCARDIA; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG MONITORING; DRUG USE; FEVER; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTENSION; HYPOXIA; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MALE; NAUSEA; OFF LABEL DRUG USE; RATING SCALE; SEDATION; SURGICAL PATIENT; TACHYCARDIA; THROMBOEMBOLISM; VASCULAR SURGERY; VOMITING;

AGED; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; DEXMEDETOMIDINE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; MALE; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE;

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DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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