Dexmedetomidine: Are tolerance and withdrawal going to be an issue with long-term infusions?*

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 158-160

  Tobias, Joseph D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Clonidine; Dexmedetomidine; Physical dependency; Sedation; Tolerance; Withdrawal

Indexed keywords

ADENYLATE CYCLASE; ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; ANESTHETIC AGENT; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CLONAZEPAM; CLONIDINE; DEXMEDETOMIDINE; FENTANYL; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; IMIDAZOLE; ISOFLURANE; KETAMINE; MIDAZOLAM; MORPHINE; OPIATE; PENTOBARBITAL; PHOSPHOLIPASE; PROPOFOL;

AGITATION; ANALGESIA; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DIARRHEA; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG TOLERABILITY; EDITORIAL; GRAND MAL EPILEPSY; HEMODYNAMICS; HYPERTENSION; INFUSION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; LOADING DRUG DOSE; LONG TERM CARE; MUSCLE TONE; MYDRIASIS; PATIENT MONITORING; PERTUSSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SEDATION; SNEEZING; TACHYCARDIA; TACHYPHYLAXIS; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; VOMITING; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

EID: 75149130508     PISSN: 15297535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PCC.0b013e3181ae49af     Document Type: Editorial

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