Respiratory effects of dexmedetomidine in the surgical patient requiring intensive care Richard M Venn, John Hell and R Michael Grounds The respiratory effects of dexmedetomidine were retrospectively examined in 33 postsurgical patients involved in a randomised, placebo-controlled trial after extubation in the intensive care unit (ICU). Morphine requirements were reduced by over 50% in patients receiving dexmedetomidine. There were no differences in respiratory rates, oxygen saturations, arterial pH and arterial partial carbon dioxide tension (PaCO2) between the groups. Interestingly the arterial partial oxygen tension (PaO2) : fractional inspired oxygen (FIO2) ratios were statistically significantly higher in the dexmedetomidine group. Dexmedetomidine provides important postsurgical analgesia and appears to have no clinically important adverse effects on respiration in the surgical patient who requires intensive care. Keywords: 2-Adrenoceptor agonist, analgesia, dexmedetomidine, intensive care, postoperative, respiratory, sedation
The Efficacy of Dexmedetomidine in Patients with Noninvasive Ventilation: A Preliminary Study Shinji Akada, MD, PhD BACKGROUND: Agitation is associated with failure of noninvasive ventilation (NIV). We investigated the effect of dexmedetomidine in patients with NIV.
Year in review in Intensive Care Medicine 2012: III. Noninvasive ventilation, monitoring and patient–ventilator interactions, acute respiratory distress syndrome, sedation, paediatrics and miscellanea Intensive Care Med (2013) 39:543–557 |