Dexmedetomidine
"Dexmedetomidine" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A imidazole derivative that is an agonist of ADRENERGIC ALPHA-2 RECEPTORS. It is closely-related to MEDETOMIDINE, which is the racemic form of this compound.
| Descriptor ID |
D020927
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D03.383.129.308.245
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| Concept/Terms |
Precedex- Precedex
- Hospira Brand of Dexmedetomidine Hydrochloride
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Dexmedetomidine" by people in Profiles.
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Cui Z, Chow DS, Wu L, Lazar DA, Rodrigo R, Olutoye OO, Olutoye OA. High performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometric assay of dexmedetomidine in plasma, urine and amniotic fluid samples for pregnant ewe model. J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci. 2014 Jun 15; 961:13-9.
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Wanat M, Fitousis K, Boston F, Masud F. Comparison of dexmedetomidine versus propofol for sedation in mechanically ventilated patients after cardiovascular surgery. Methodist Debakey Cardiovasc J. 2014 Apr-Jun; 10(2):111-7.