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. 2026 Feb 16.
doi: 10.1097/JCP.0000000000002097. Online ahead of print.

Intravenous Continuous Infusion of Dexmedetomidine for Psychomotor Agitation in General Hospital Psychiatric Settings: A Transdiagnostic Case Series

Arthur Tolentino  1 , Felipe Mendonça Rocha Barros, Ana Laura Schumacher, Rafael Robles, Angelo Samuelson, Barbara Colnaghi, Eduardo Prado Barreto, Fernando Resende, Liliane Smaniotto, Lucas Barnes, Leandro Schlittler, Karina Diniz Oliveira, Amilton Dos Santos Junior, Claudio E M Banzato, Osmar Della-Torre
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Intravenous Continuous Infusion of Dexmedetomidine for Psychomotor Agitation in General Hospital Psychiatric Settings: A Transdiagnostic Case Series

Arthur Tolentino et al. J Clin Psychopharmacol. .
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