Dexmedetomidine for sedation and perioperative management of critically ill patients

Seminars in Anesthesia, Perioperative Medicine and Pain

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 43-50

  Pandharipande, P ^a   Ely, E W ^b   Maze, M ^c  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alpha2 receptor agonists; Analgesia; Clonidine; Dexmedetomidine; Intensive care unit; Sedation; Stress response

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ANESTHETIC AGENT; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ATYPICAL ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BENZODIAZEPINE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CLONIDINE; DEXMEDETOMIDINE; ESMOLOL; HALOPERIDOL; HALOTHANE; ISOFLURANE; LORAZEPAM; MIDAZOLAM; MIRTAZAPINE; MIVAZEROL; MORPHINE; OPIATE; PETHIDINE; PROPOFOL; SEVOFLURANE; STEROID; UNINDEXED DRUG; ZOLPIDEM;

ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANESTHESIA; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DELIRIUM; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTENSION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; NAUSEA; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; SEDATION; SEIZURE; SHIVERING; SINUS ARREST; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; STRESS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOMITING;

EID: 33744780426     PISSN: 02770326     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.sane.2006.01.001     Document Type: Article

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