Dexmedetomidine does not increase the incidence of intracarotid shunting in patients undergoing awake carotid endarterectomy

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 955-958

  Bekker, Alex ^a,d   Gold, Mark ^a   Ahmed, Raza ^a   Kim, Jung ^a   Rockman, Caron ^b   Jacobovitz, Glenn ^b   Riles, Thomas ^b   Fisch, Gene ^c  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c YESHIVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXMEDETOMIDINE; FENTANYL; MIDAZOLAM; PROPOFOL; SEDATIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARTERY BYPASS; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; BRAIN CIRCULATION; BRAIN METABOLISM; BRAIN OXYGEN TENSION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; DRUG INFUSION; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEDATION; STROKE; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE; VASOCONSTRICTION; WAKEFULNESS;

AGED; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; ANESTHESIA, CONDUCTION; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DEXMEDETOMIDINE; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 33750050299     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ane.0000237288.46912.39     Document Type: Article

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