Data on anesthesia described by researchers at University of Illinois, Department of Anesthesiology

A new study, "Autonomic activity during dexmedetomidine or fentanyl infusion with desflurane anesthesia," is now available. In this recently published article, scientists in the United States conducted a study "To evaluate autonomic activity with dexmedetomidine or fentanyl infusion and desflurane anesthesia during laparoscopic gastric banding. Randomized, single-blinded, open-label study. Operating rooms at a university hospital. 40 patients scheduled for laparoscopic gastric banding with a mean body mass index of 50 kg/m2. Patients received either dexmedetomidine (0.5 microg/kg given intravenously over 10 minutes, 0.4 microg.kg-1.h-1, n=20) or fentanyl (0.5 microg.kg-1 bolus, 1...

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