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Author Spotlight: A Non-Intubated Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery with Multimodal Analgesia and Sevoflurane Inhalation Anesthesia
Published on: May 26, 2023
[Dexmedetomidine as a part of analgesic component of general anesthesia for laparoscopic operations]
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The article deals with a study of efficacy and safety of the dexmedetomidine as an analgesic adjuvant drug for anaesthesia during laparoscopic gynecological and abdominal surgeries. Patients and methods: 32 patients received intraoperative infusion of dexmedetomidine. We assessed an effects of dexmedetomidine on data of central circulation during surgeries.
Conclusions:
The use of dexmedetomidine allows to decrease an amount of opioid analgesics, inhalation anaesthetics and to avoid severe changes of circulation during traumatic phases of surgeries.
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