Use of dexmedetomidine in awake craniotomy in adolescents: Report of two cases

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 338-342

  Everett, Lucinda L ^a,c   Van Rooyen, Inge F ^a   Warner, Molly H ^a   Shurtleff, Hillary A ^a   Saneto, Russell P ^a   Ojemann, Jeffrey G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Anesthesia; Awake; Craniotomy; Dexmedetomidine

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BUPIVACAINE; DEXMEDETOMIDINE; FENTANYL; LIDOCAINE; PROPOFOL;

ADOLESCENT; ARTERIAL CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOTOMY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OLIGODENDROGLIOMA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; WAKEFULNESS;

ADOLESCENT; ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; ANESTHETICS, INTRAVENOUS; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; CRANIOTOMY; DEXMEDETOMIDINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; OLIGODENDROGLIOMA; PROPOFOL; SEIZURES; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 33645325370     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: 14609592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9592.2005.01697.x     Document Type: Article

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