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Case Reports
Dexmedetomidine for sedation in the parturient with respiratory failure requiring noninvasive ventilation.
- Melissa Duan, Jarone Lee, and Edward A Bittner.
- Surgical ICU, Deartment of Anesthesia, Critical Care, and Pain Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
- Resp Care. 2012 Nov 1;57(11):1967-9.
AbstractDexmedetomidine is a selective alpha-2 receptor agonist that possesses both sedative and analgesic properties, with minimal respiratory depression. We report the successful administration of dexmedetomidine on a 16-year-old primigravida woman that allowed the patient to tolerate application of bi-level positive airway pressure ventilation in treatment of acute hypoxemic respiratory failure.
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