Dexmedetomidine for awake craniotomy without laryngeal mask Dexmedetomidina em craniotomias com o paciente acordado sem o emprego de máscara laríngea

OBJETIVE: This paper reports the use of dexmedetomidine in three epileptic patients with cavernous angiomas that underwent awake surgery in order to map their speech areas. METHOD:Loading dose of dexmedetomidine varied from 1 mug/Kg/h to 3 mug/Kg/h over 20 minutes and maintenance dose from 0.4 mug/K...

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Main Authors: Antonio Nogueira de Almeida, Cristiane Tavares, Adriana Tibano, Seigi Sasaki, Kazuco Nakai Murata, Raul Marino Jr
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academia Brasileira de Neurologia (ABNEURO) 2005-09-01
Series:Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2005000500005