Attenuation of pressor response and dose sparing of opioids and anaesthetics with pre-operative dexmedetomidine

Background and Aims: Alpha-2 agonists are being increasingly used as adjuncts in general anaesthesia, and the present study was carried out to investigate the ability of intravenous dexmedetomidine in decreasing the dose of opioids and anaesthetics for attenuation of haemodynamic responses during la...

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Main Authors: Sukhminder Jit Singh Bajwa, Jasbir Kaur, Amarjit Singh, S S Parmar, Gurpreet Singh, Ashish Kulshrestha, Sachin Gupta, Veenita Sharma, Aparajita Panda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2012-01-01
Series:Indian Journal of Anaesthesia
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Online Access:http://www.ijaweb.org/article.asp?issn=0019-5049;year=2012;volume=56;issue=2;spage=123;epage=128;aulast=Bajwa