Repeated dexmedetomidine infusions, a postoperative living-donor liver transplantation patient

Journal of Anesthesia

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 234-236

  Terajima, Katsuyuki ^a   Takeda, Shinhiro ^a   Taniai, Nobuhiko ^a   Tanaka, Keiji ^a   Oda, Yutaka ^b   Asada, Akira ^b   Sakamoto, Atsuhiro ^a  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Agonist; Agitation; Liver transplantation; Ramsay score; Sedation

Indexed keywords

DEXMEDETOMIDINE; FENTANYL; MIDAZOLAM; PROPOFOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG REEXPOSURE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EXTUBATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTION; RATING SCALE; RESTLESSNESS; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-AGONISTS; DEXMEDETOMIDINE; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PSYCHOMOTOR AGITATION; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33746871117     PISSN: 09138668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00540-006-0409-6     Document Type: Article

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