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Impact of dexmedetomidine supplemented analgesia on delirium in patients recovering from orthopedic surgery: A randomized controlled trial

BACKGROUND: Dexmedetomidine promotes normal sleep architecture; the drug also improves analgesia. We therefore tested the hypothesis that supplementing intravenous analgesia with dexmedetomidine reduces delirium in older patients recovering from orthopedic surgery. METHODS: In this double-blinded ra...

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Autores principales: Hong, Hong, Zhang, Da-Zhi, Li, Mo, Wang, Geng, Zhu, Sai-Nan, Zhang, Yue, Wang, Dong-Xin, Sessler, Daniel I.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8435562/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34517840
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12871-021-01441-3