Pharmacokinetic simulation of high-dose administration of dexmedetomidine for decubitus treatment

Japanese Journal of Anesthesiology

Volumn 55, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 995-998

  Kunisawa, Takayuki ^a   Nagata, Osamu ^b   Iwasaki, Hiroshi ^c  

^a Shirakawa Hospital   (Japan)

^b TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c ASAHIKAWA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Decubitus; Dexmedetomidine; Pharmacokinetic simulation analysis

Indexed keywords

DEXMEDETOMIDINE;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; BREATHING DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECUBITUS; DRUG MEGADOSE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; INFUSION RATE; PARKINSONISM; SEDATION; SIMULATION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AGED; ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; DEXMEDETOMIDINE; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PRESSURE ULCER; PRONE POSITION;

EID: 33748600410     PISSN: 00214892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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