Comparison of clonidine and dexmedetomidine for short-term sedation of intensive care unit patients

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Patients on mechanical ventilation in intensive care unit (ICU) are often uncomfortable because of anxiety, pain, and endotracheal intubation; therefore, require sedation. Alpha-2 agonists are known to produce sedation. We compared clonidine and dexmedetomidine as sole age...

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Autores principales: Srivastava, Uma, Sarkar, Mita Eunice, Kumar, Aditya, Gupta, Amrita, Agarwal, Archana, Singh, Tapas Kumar, Badada, Vivek, Dwivedi, Yogita
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4118508/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25097355
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-5229.136071

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