Intravenous dexmedetomidine: can it modulate the effects of inflammation, or is it only an antinociceptive agent?

Alfredo Abad-Gurumeta¹, Manuel Á Gómez-Ríos^{2

3

4}, José M Calvo-Vecino⁵

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¹ Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Infanta Leonor University Hospital, Madrid, Spain - alfredoabadgurumeta@gmail.com.
² Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, University Hospital of A Coruña, A Coruña, Spain.
³ Anesthesiology and Pain Management Research Group, Institute for Biomedical Research of A Coruña (INIBIC), A Coruña, Spain.
⁴ Spanish Difficult Airway Group (GEVAD), A Coruña, Spain.
⁵ Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine, University Care Complex of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain.

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Alfredo Abad-Gurumeta et al. Minerva Anestesiol. 2019 Mar.

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. 2019 Mar;85(3):226-228.

doi: 10.23736/S0375-9393.18.13217-2. Epub 2018 Nov 23.

Alfredo Abad-Gurumeta¹, Manuel Á Gómez-Ríos^{2

3

4}, José M Calvo-Vecino⁵

¹ Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Infanta Leonor University Hospital, Madrid, Spain - alfredoabadgurumeta@gmail.com.
² Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, University Hospital of A Coruña, A Coruña, Spain.
³ Anesthesiology and Pain Management Research Group, Institute for Biomedical Research of A Coruña (INIBIC), A Coruña, Spain.
⁴ Spanish Difficult Airway Group (GEVAD), A Coruña, Spain.
⁵ Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine, University Care Complex of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain.

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