Sedation during regional anesthesia: less is more

Affiliations

¹ Department of Anesthesia, Perioperative Medicine & Pain Management, Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia Health Authority and IWK Health Centre, Halifax, NS, B3H 2Y9, Canada.
² Department of Anesthesia, Perioperative Medicine & Pain Management, Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia Health Authority and IWK Health Centre, Halifax, NS, B3H 2Y9, Canada. v.uppal@dal.ca.

Editorial

Garrett Barry et al. Can J Anaesth. 2022 Dec.

. 2022 Dec;69(12):1453-1458.

doi: 10.1007/s12630-022-02338-6. Epub 2022 Oct 26.

¹ Department of Anesthesia, Perioperative Medicine & Pain Management, Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia Health Authority and IWK Health Centre, Halifax, NS, B3H 2Y9, Canada.
² Department of Anesthesia, Perioperative Medicine & Pain Management, Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia Health Authority and IWK Health Centre, Halifax, NS, B3H 2Y9, Canada. v.uppal@dal.ca.

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Association of intraoperative dexmedetomidine use with postoperative hypotension in unilateral hip and knee arthroplasties: a historical cohort study.
Yang SS, Gelinas C, Yim E, Li MMJ, Kardash K, Zhang M, Lipes J. Yang SS, et al. Can J Anaesth. 2022 Dec;69(12):1459-1470. doi: 10.1007/s12630-022-02339-5. Epub 2022 Oct 12. Can J Anaesth. 2022. PMID: 36224507 English.

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