Dexmedetomidine and anesthesia for cardiac surgery: literature review

Authors

  • Vital Pedro Santos Junior Hospital Universitário Onofre Lopes
  • Rafael Macedo Coelho Hospital Universitário Onofre Lopes
  • Wallace Andrino Silva Hospital Universitário Onofre Lopes

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.20398/jscr.v10i2.17932

Keywords:

dexmedetomidine; anesthesia; cardiac surgery

Abstract

Abstract

Dexmedetomidine is a highly selective alpha-2 agonist drug, acting on brain, spinal cord and presynaptic neurons. It has analgesic, sedative, anxiolytic and sympatholytic action. Because of these properties, it can be used as an adjunct in surgical procedures that require larger amounts of anesthetics, such as in cardiac surgery, for example. Thus, this research proposes to analyze the effects and outcomes of the use of dexmedetomidine in patients submitted to cardiac surgery.

Keywords: dexmedetomidine; anesthesia; cardiac surgery.

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Author Biographies

Vital Pedro Santos Junior, Hospital Universitário Onofre Lopes

1Médico anestesiologista formado pelo Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte

Rafael Macedo Coelho, Hospital Universitário Onofre Lopes

Professor associado da disciplina de anestesiologia da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte

Wallace Andrino Silva, Hospital Universitário Onofre Lopes

Médico anestesiologista do Hospital Universitário Onofre Lopes

Doutor em ciências pela Faculdade de Medicina da USP

T´´ítulo Superior em Anestesiologia pela Sociedade Brasileira de Anestesiologia

Published

10-10-2019

How to Cite

SANTOS JUNIOR, V. P.; COELHO, R. M.; SILVA, W. A. Dexmedetomidine and anesthesia for cardiac surgery: literature review. JOURNAL OF SURGICAL AND CLINICAL RESEARCH, [S. l.], v. 10, n. 2, p. 88–100, 2019. DOI: 10.20398/jscr.v10i2.17932. Disponível em: https://periodicos.ufrn.br/jscr/article/view/17932. Acesso em: 28 mar. 2024.

Issue

Section

REVIEW