Evaluation of postoperative analgesic efficacy and perioperative hemodynamic changes with low dose intravenous dexmedetomidine infusion in patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy & #8211; A randomised, double-blinded, placebo-controlled trial
Conclusion: Dexmedetomidine IV in an infusion dose of 0.5 μg/kg/hr is effective in providing postoperative analgesia in terms of significant reduction in analgesic consumption in 24 hours and in addition to the effective obtundation of the pneumoperitoneum-induced hemodynamic changes.
Source: Journal of Anaesthesiology Clinical Pharmacology - Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Geetanjali T Chilkoti Ganeshan Karthik Rajesh Rautela Source Type: research
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