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Dexmedetomidine, sold under the brand name Precedex among others, is a medication used for sedation. [4] Veterinarians use dexmedetomidine for similar purposes in treating cats, dogs, and horses. [ 10 ] [ 11 ] It is also used in humans to treat acute agitation associated with schizophrenia or bipolar disorder . [ 5 ]
Detomidine is a sedative with analgesic properties. [3] α 2-adrenergic receptor agonists produce dose-dependent sedative and analgesic effects, mediated by activation of α 2 catecholamine receptors, thus inducing a negative feedback response, reducing production of excitatory neurotransmitters.
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Arkansas said it ran out of ICU beds for COVID-19 patients for the first time since the pandemic began. Nearly 80% of the country's ICU beds — or about 68,000 — were in use Thursday, according ...
The Epimed Monitor ICU Database®: a cloud-based national registry for adult intensive care unit patients in Brazil. Zampieri FG, Soares M, Borges LP, Salluh JIF, Ranzani OT.Rev Bras Ter Intensiva. 2017 Oct-Dec;29(4):418-426. doi: 10.5935/0103-507X.20170062.
In the European Union, dexmedetomidine received a marketing authorization from the European Medicines Agency (EMA) on August 10, 2012, under the brand name of Dexdor. [27] It is indicated for sedation in the ICU for patients needing mechanical ventilation.
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Medetomidine is a racemic mixture of two optical or stereoisomers, levomedetomidine and dexmedetomidine. [4] The latter causes the alpha 2- adrenergic agonist effects. [5] It is often used as the hydrochloride salt, medetomidine hydrochloride, a crystalline white solid that can be administered as an intravenous drug solution with sterile water.