Dexmedetomidine and delirium in the ICU

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Matthew McLaughlin et al. Ann Transl Med. 2016 Jun.

. 2016 Jun;4(11):224.

doi: 10.21037/atm.2016.05.44.

¹ Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA, USA.

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Conflicts of Interest: The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

Dexmedetomidine: what next?
Reade MC. Reade MC. Ann Transl Med. 2016 Jun;4(12):247. doi: 10.21037/atm.2016.06.10. Ann Transl Med. 2016. PMID: 27428523 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

Effect of Dexmedetomidine Added to Standard Care on Ventilator-Free Time in Patients With Agitated Delirium: A Randomized Clinical Trial.
Reade MC, Eastwood GM, Bellomo R, Bailey M, Bersten A, Cheung B, Davies A, Delaney A, Ghosh A, van Haren F, Harley N, Knight D, McGuiness S, Mulder J, O'Donoghue S, Simpson N, Young P; DahLIA Investigators; Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society Clinical Trials Group. Reade MC, et al. JAMA. 2016 Apr 12;315(14):1460-8. doi: 10.1001/jama.2016.2707. JAMA. 2016. PMID: 26975647 Clinical Trial.

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