Profound hypertension with dexmedetomidine during insertion of deep brain stimulator

Dexmedetomidine is now frequently used in the anaesthetic management of patients undergoing deep brain stimulator insertion for movement disorders. We present two patients with Parkinson’s disease and dystonia who developed marked increase in blood pressure and level of sedation during the infusion...

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Main Authors: Allison Tedder, Evgeny Rakhman, Pirjo Manninen, Lashmikumar Venkatraghavan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 2015-04-01
Series:Journal of Neuroanaesthesiology and Critical Care
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Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.4103/2348-0548.148393