Dexmedetomidine in children: Current knowledge and future applications

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 113, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1129-1142

  Mason, Keira P ^a   Lerman, Jerrold ^b  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; BUPRENORPHINE; CASPASE 3; CLONIDINE; CYTOCHROME P450 2A6; DESFLURANE; DEXMEDETOMIDINE; GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE; GLYCOPYRRONIUM BROMIDE; KETAMINE; MIDAZOLAM; PENTAZOCINE; PROPOFOL; REMIFENTANIL; SEVOFLURANE; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT;

APOPTOSIS; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; BODY WEIGHT; BRADYCARDIA; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN PERFUSION; BREATHING RATE; CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; CARDIOVASCULAR EFFECT; CEREBRAL METABOLIC RATE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PRESSURE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CRANIOTOMY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG CLEARANCE; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG ELIMINATION; DRUG FECES LEVEL; DRUG GLUCURONIDATION; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG METABOLISM; DRUG TRANSFORMATION; DRUG URINE LEVEL; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEART ARREST; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART RATE; HEART SURGERY; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTENSION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; JUNCTIONAL ECTOPIC TACHYCARDIA; LOADING DRUG DOSE; LOW DRUG DOSE; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; METABOLIC RATE; NEUROTOXICITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OXYGEN SATURATION; PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA; PERIPHERAL VASOCONSTRICTION; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT INTERVAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REENTRY TACHYCARDIA; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; SIDE EFFECT; SINUS RHYTHM; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TACHYCARDIA; VASOCONSTRICTION; VOMITING; BREATHING MECHANICS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHILD; DRUG EFFECT; HEMODYNAMICS; INTOXICATION; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; REVIEW;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-AGONISTS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHILD; DEXMEDETOMIDINE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; OVERDOSE; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS;

EID: 80055091625     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0b013e31822b8629     Document Type: Review

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