Dexmedetomidine: an attractive adjunct to anesthesia.

What it found

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Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed.

1. The Effect of Dexmedetomidine on Hemodynamic Response during Double-Lumen Tube Insertion: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Annals of cardiac anaesthesia · 2026
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2. Sedoanalgesia with dexmedetomidine in daily anesthesia practices: a prospective randomized controlled trial.BMC anesthesiology · 2025
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3. A prospective, randomised double-blind study on the anaesthetic effect of dexmedetomidine hydrochloride in brainstem tumour surgery.World journal of surgical oncology · 2019
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4. Dexmedetomidine in Palestinian intensive care units: The first multicenter cross-sector survey of sedation practices, protocol gaps, and withdrawal challenges.SAGE open medicine · 2026
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5. The Perioperative Use of Dexmedetomidine in Paediatric Patients.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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6. Comparison the Effects of Two Different Doses of Dexmedetomidine and Propofol on Intraoperative Sedation; Hemodynamic Changes and Postoperative Complications in Patients Undergoing Ovarian Puncture Surgery.Advanced biomedical research · 2025
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7. Dexmedetomidine: A drug for all seasons?Indian journal of anaesthesia · 2021
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8. Comparative Study of the Prophylactic Effects of Intravenous Injection of Dexmedetomidine, Ondansetron, and Pethidine on Postoperative Shivering of Abdominal Surgery under General Anesthesia: A Randomized Clinical Trial.Advanced biomedical research · 2021
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9. Dexmedetomidine: present and future directions.Korean journal of anesthesiology · 2019
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10. Thoracic Paravertebral Block with Adjuvant Dexmedetomidine in Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery: A Randomized, Double-Blind Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2019
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11. Dexmedetomidine Attenuates Neuropathic Pain by Inhibiting P2X7R Expression and ERK Phosphorylation in Rats.Experimental neurobiology · 2018
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12. Additive analgesic effect of dexmedetomidine and dezocine administered intrathecally in a mouse pain model.Oncotarget · 2018
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Abstract

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