Evaluation of postoperative analgesic efficacy and perioperative hemodynamic changes with low dose intravenous dexmedetomidine infusion in patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy – A randomised, double-blinded, placebo-controlled trial

Background and Aim: Dexmedetomidine is a α2-agonist with sedative, sympatholytic and analgesic properties and hence, it can be a very useful adjuvant in anesthesia as stress response buster, sedative and analgesic. We aimed to evaluate the effects of low dose dexmedetomidine infusion (0.5 mcg/kg/h)...

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Main Authors: Geetanjali T Chilkoti, Ganeshan Karthik, Rajesh Rautela
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2020-01-01
Series:Journal of Anaesthesiology Clinical Pharmacology
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Online Access:http://www.joacp.org/article.asp?issn=0970-9185;year=2020;volume=36;issue=1;spage=72;epage=77;aulast=Chilkoti