Dexmedetomidine and Other Analgosedatives Alter Pupil Characteristics in Critically Ill Patients

OBJECTIVES:. In critically ill patients with neurologic disease, pupil examination abnormalities can signify evolving intracranial pathology. Analgesic and sedative medications (analgosedatives) target pupillary pathways, but it remains unknown how analgosedatives alter pupil findings in the clinica...

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Main Authors: Wang Pong Chan, BS, BA, Brenton R. Prescott, MS, Megan E. Barra, PharmD, David Y. Chung, MD, PhD, Ivy S. Kim, MPH, Hanife Saglam, MD, Meghan R. Hutch, BS, Min Shin, PhD, Sahar F. Zafar, MD, MBBS, Emelia J. Benjamin, MD, ScM, Stelios M. Smirnakis, MD, PhD, Josée Dupuis, PhD, David M. Greer, MD, MA, Charlene J. Ong, MD, MPHS
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer 2022-05-01
Series:Critical Care Explorations
Online Access:http://journals.lww.com/10.1097/CCE.0000000000000691