Use of dexmedetomidine and opioids as the primary anesthetic in infants and young children: A retrospective cohort study.

Proshad Nemati EfuneJohn M LonganeckerGijo AlexRita SaynhalathUmar KhanKevin RiveraAveline P JeromeWeiwei BoonePeter Szmuk

Published in: Paediatric anaesthesia (2020)

Dexmedetomidine and opioids can effectively be used in young children as an alternative total intravenous anesthesia technique with or without <1 minimum alveolar concentration of sevoflurane. Bispectral index monitoring reveals a likely sufficient depth of hypnosis.

Keyphrases

chronic pain
pain management
cardiac surgery
high dose
optical coherence tomography
acute kidney injury
low dose