Dexmedetomidine as an Anesthetic Adjuvant in Cardiac Surgery: a Cohort Study

ABSTRACT Objective: α-2-agonists cause sympathetic inhibition combined with parasympathetic activation and have other properties that could be beneficial during cardiac anesthesia. We evaluated the effects of dexmedetomidine as an anesthetic adjuvant compared to a control group during cardiac surge...

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Main Authors: Paulo Gabriel Melo Brandão, Francisco Ricardo Lobo, Serginando Laudenir Ramin, Yasser Sakr, Mauricio Nassau Machado, Suzana Margareth Lobo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Cirurgia Cardiovascular
Series:Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-76382016000300213&lng=en&tlng=en