Dexmedetomidine hydrochloride (Precedex?) is a potent and highly selective central alpha(2)-adrenoreceptor agonist, has sedative, analgesic and anxiolytic properties without respiratory depression. It is used mainly to provide sedation without causing respiratory distress or hemodynamic instability in the intensive care unit. Other uses include providing conscious sedation during awake fibroptic intubation and other procedures required monitored care anesthesia.
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