Dexmedetomidine versus remifentanil sedation during awake fiberoptic nasotracheal intubation: A double-blinded randomized controlled trial

Journal of Anesthesia

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 211-217

  Hu, Rong ^a   Liu, J X ^a   Jiang, Hong ^a  

^a SHANGHAI SECOND MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Awake fiberoptic intubation; Conscious sedation; Dexmedetomidine; Remifentanil

Indexed keywords

DEXMEDETOMIDINE; REMIFENTANIL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; FIBER OPTICS; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INTUBATION; MALE; NASOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEDATION; WAKEFULNESS;

ADULT; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; DEXMEDETOMIDINE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FIBER OPTIC TECHNOLOGY; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; ORAL SURGICAL PROCEDURES; OXYGEN; PIPERIDINES; SAMPLE SIZE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84885046122     PISSN: 09138668     EISSN: 14388359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00540-012-1499-y     Document Type: Article

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