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. 2017 Jul-Sep;33(3):415-416.
doi: 10.4103/0970-9185.168259.

Can dexmedetomidine be used as sole maintenance anesthetic agent at standard sedative doses?

Pooja Bihani  1 , Ghansham Biyani  1 , Pradeep Kumar Bhatia  1 , Sadik Mohammed  1
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Can dexmedetomidine be used as sole maintenance anesthetic agent at standard sedative doses?

Pooja Bihani et al. J Anaesthesiol Clin Pharmacol. 2017 Jul-Sep.
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