Perioperative Sedation in Mechanically Ventilated Cardiac Surgery Patients With Dexmedetomidine-Based Versus Propofol-Based Regimens

Sedative agents used during cardiac surgery can influence the patient's time to extubation, intensive care unit (ICU) and hospital length of stay, and incidence of delirium. This study evaluates the effects of the intraoperative and postoperative use of dexmedetomidine versus propofol infusions...

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Published in:	The Annals of pharmacotherapy Vol. 53; no. 1; p. 5
Main Authors:	Chuich, Taylor, Cropsey, Christopher Lewis, Shi, Yaping, Johnson, Daniel, Shotwell, Matthew S, Henson, Christopher Patrick
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States 01.01.2019
Subjects:	Aged Cardiac Surgical Procedures - methods Dexmedetomidine - pharmacology Dexmedetomidine - therapeutic use Female Humans Hypnotics and Sedatives - pharmacology Hypnotics and Sedatives - therapeutic use Male Middle Aged Propofol - pharmacology Propofol - therapeutic use Respiration, Artificial - methods Retrospective Studies critical care cardiology anesthesia
ISSN:	1542-6270, 1542-6270
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