Dexmedetomidine for the treatment of paroxysmal autonomic instability with dystonia

Neurocritical Care

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 217-220

  Goddeau Jr , Richard P ^a   Silverman, Scott B ^b   Sims, John R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Dexmedetomidine; Diencephalic seizure; Dysautonomia; Paroxysmal autonomic instability with dystonia; Sympathetic storming; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CLONIDINE; DEXMEDETOMIDINE; FENTANYL CITRATE; LABETALOL; LORAZEPAM; METOPROLOL; MORPHINE; PROPOFOL;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; BRAIN INJURY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSTONIA; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIA; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; PAIN; PAROXYSMAL AUTONOMIC INSTABILITY WITH DYSTONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-AGONISTS; ADULT; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; BRAIN INJURIES; DEXMEDETOMIDINE; DYSTONIA; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 36549058595     PISSN: 15416933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12028-007-0066-0     Document Type: Article

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