Open AccessDexmedetomidine ameliorates monitored anaesthesia care
Author(s) -
Priyamvada Gupta,
Samrat Joshi,
Durga Jethava,
Ankit Kumar
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
indian journal of anaesthesia/indian journal of anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.645
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 0976-2817
pISSN - 0019-5049
DOI - 10.4103/0019-5049.130816
Subject(s) - dexmedetomidine , medicine , sedation , anesthesia , midazolam , fentanyl , saline , bradycardia , loading dose , heart rate , blood pressure
Monitored anaesthesia care (MAC) is meant for procedures under local anaesthesia. Various drugs have been used for this purpose. The recently introduced alpha2 agonist, dexmedetomidine provides "conscious sedation" with adequate analgesia and minimal respiratory depression. Hence, the safety and efficacy of two doses of dexmedetomidine for sedation and analgesia were evaluated.