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Dexmedetomidine is safe and reduces the additional dose of midazolam for sedation during endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography in very elderly patients

BACKGROUND: Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) often requires deep sedation. Dexmedetomidine, a highly selective α2-adrenoceptor agonist with sedative activity and minimal effects on respiration, has recently been widely used among patients in the intensive care unit. However, its...

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Autores principales: Inatomi, Osamu, Imai, Takayuki, Fujimoto, Takehide, Takahashi, Kenichiro, Yokota, Yoshihiro, Yamashita, Noriaki, Hasegawa, Hiroshi, Nishida, Atsushi, Bamba, Shigeki, Sugimoto, Mitsushige, Andoh, Akira
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6219039/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30400828
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12876-018-0897-5