"Dexmedetomidine" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A imidazole derivative that is an agonist of ADRENERGIC ALPHA-2 RECEPTORS. It is closely-related to MEDETOMIDINE, which is the racemic form of this compound.
| Descriptor ID |
D020927
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D03.383.129.308.245
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| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Dexmedetomidine" by people in Profiles.
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Dexmedetomidine Use in a Case of Severe Cancer Pain. J Pain Palliat Care Pharmacother. 2019 Mar - Jun; 33(1-2):34-41.
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Practice Change From Intermittent Medication Boluses to Bolusing From a Continuous Infusion in Pediatric Critical Care: A Quality Improvement Project. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2018 06; 19(6):572-577.
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Review of Intranasally Administered Medications for Use in the Emergency Department. J Emerg Med. 2017 Jul; 53(1):38-48.
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Treatment-resistant postictal agitation after electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) controlled with dexmedetomidine. J ECT. 2013 Jun; 29(2):e18.
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Dexmedetomidine as an adjuvant analgesic for intractable cancer pain. J Palliat Med. 2011 Mar; 14(3):371-3.
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Dexmedetomidine: exploring its potential role and dosing guideline for its use in intractable pain in the palliative care setting. J Pain Palliat Care Pharmacother. 2010 Dec; 24(4):384-6.
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Pharmacologic options for reducing the shivering response to therapeutic hypothermia. Pharmacotherapy. 2010 Aug; 30(8):830-41.
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Airway catastrophes. Curr Opin Anaesthesiol. 2010 Feb; 23(1):41-6.
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Sedation with dexmedetomidine for vocal fold injection. N Z Med J. 2008 Jun 06; 121(1275):71-3.
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Innovative uses of dexmedetomidine. J Clin Anesth. 2007 Dec; 19(8):644-5.