 Dexmedetomidine
"Dexmedetomidine" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A imidazole derivative that is an agonist of ADRENERGIC ALPHA-2 RECEPTORS. It is closely-related to MEDETOMIDINE, which is the racemic form of this compound.
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D020927
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D03.383.129.308.245
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| Concept/Terms |
Precedex- Precedex
- Hospira Brand of Dexmedetomidine Hydrochloride
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| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2009 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2010 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2011 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2012 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Dexmedetomidine" by people in Profiles.
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Leikin JB, Amusina O. Use of dexmedetomidine to treat delirium primarily caused by cannabis. Am J Emerg Med. 2017 03; 35(3):524.e1-524.e2.
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Adams R, Brown GT, Davidson M, Fisher E, Mathisen J, Thomson G, Webster NR. Efficacy of dexmedetomidine compared with midazolam for sedation in adult intensive care patients: a systematic review. Br J Anaesth. 2013 Nov; 111(5):703-10.
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Patil SK, Anitescu M. Opioid-free perioperative analgesia for hemicolectomy in a patient with opioid-induced delirium: a case report and review of the analgesic efficacy of the alpha-2 agonist agents. Pain Pract. 2012 Nov; 12(8):656-62.
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Kohli U, Pandharipande P, Muszkat M, Sofowora GG, Friedman EA, Scheinin M, Wood AJ, Ely EW, Tyndale RF, Choi L, Stein CM, Kurnik D. CYP2A6 genetic variation and dexmedetomidine disposition. Eur J Clin Pharmacol. 2012 Jun; 68(6):937-42.
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Choi L, Caffo BS, Kohli U, Pandharipande P, Kurnik D, Ely EW, Stein CM. A Bayesian hierarchical nonlinear mixture model in the presence of artifactual outliers in a population pharmacokinetic study. J Pharmacokinet Pharmacodyn. 2011 Oct; 38(5):613-36.
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Mitchell MD, Williams K, Kuntz G, Umscheid CA. When the decision is what to decide: using evidence inventory reports to focus health technology assessments. Int J Technol Assess Health Care. 2011 Apr; 27(2):127-32.
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Kress JP. The complex interplay between delirium, sepsis and sedation. Crit Care. 2010; 14(3):164.
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Nunnally ME, Apfelbaum JL. New insights about an old foe. Anesthesiology. 2010 Jan; 112(1):10-1.
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Kohli U, Muszkat M, Sofowora GG, Harris PA, Friedman EA, Dupont WD, Scheinin M, Wood AJ, Stein CM, Kurnik D. Effects of variation in the human alpha2A- and alpha2C-adrenoceptor genes on cognitive tasks and pain perception. Eur J Pain. 2010 Feb; 14(2):154-9.
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Wunsch H, Kress JP. A new era for sedation in ICU patients. JAMA. 2009 Feb 04; 301(5):542-4.
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