Prolonged dexmedetomidine infusions in critically ill infants and children

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 767-773

  Reiter, Pamela D ^a   Pietras, Molli ^a   Dobyns, Emily L ^a  

^a Children's Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Dexmedetomidine; Sedation

Indexed keywords

CHLORAL HYDRATE; DEXMEDETOMIDINE; FENTANYL; HYDROMORPHONE; LORAZEPAM; MIDAZOLAM; MORPHINE; OPIATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT DISEASE; LOADING DRUG DOSE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEDATION; SIDE EFFECT; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; DEEP SEDATION; DEXMEDETOMIDINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; INFANT; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 70349591446     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: 00196061     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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