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Study on the application of dexmedetomidine in general anesthesia in elderly patients

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DOI: 10.23977/medsc.2023.040619 | Downloads: 4 | Views: 298

Author(s)

Zhakeer Zilihumaer 1, Hong Chen 1

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1 Department of Anesthesiology, Fifth Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi, Xinjiang, 830000, China

Corresponding Author

Hong Chen

ABSTRACT

Dexmedetomidine is a highly selective a2-adrenergic agonist with sedative, anxiolytic, and anti-sympathetic properties as well as hemodynamic stabilization, and is widely used in all phases of the perianesthesia period without significant effects on patient respiration. In elderly surgical patients, because of their age, degenerative changes in the autonomic nervous system and more comorbidities, dexmedetomidine anesthesia can effectively slow down intestinal motility and prevent various postoperative symptoms, better protect patients' cardiovascular and cerebrovascular, reduce the incidence of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular adverse events, and stabilize patients' hemodynamics. Compared with traditional opioids, dexmedetomidine is safer and more effective. This study reviews the advantages and specifics of dexmedetomidine in the anesthesia of elderly patients.

KEYWORDS

Dexmedetomidine; elderly patients; general anesthesia; research progress

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Zhakeer Zilihumaer, Hong Chen, Study on the application of dexmedetomidine in general anesthesia in elderly patients. MEDS Clinical Medicine (2023) Vol. 4: 132-138. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/medsc.2023.040619.

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