Use of low dose dexmedetomidine in combination with opioids and midazolam in paediatric cardiac surgical patients: randomized controlled trial.

CONCLUSIONS: Low dose of dexmedetomidine in combination with morphine and midazolam was safe in a high-risk cohort of CHD children after cardiac surgery and reduced the onset of withdrawal symptoms. However, it did not decrease MV time and the total amount of other sedative and analgesic drugs required in the post-operative period. PMID: 29516704 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29516704?dopt=Abstract

Source: Minerva Anestesiologica - March 10, 2018 Category: Anesthesiology Tags: Minerva Anestesiol Source Type: research