Dexmedetomidine (trade name Precedex) is an alpha-2 receptor agonist, similar to clonidine. Whereas clonidine provides a robust decrease in blood…

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In this month’s Annals of Emergency Medicine, Sener et al report on their nicely blinded study where 182 adult subjects…

From his PaACEP resident lecture. For children who are undergoing painless imaging studies and would not otherwise require an IV….

Needle-less procedural sedation / sedation for imaging: “After extensive discussion with the patient’s parents and NICU staff, the PPM service…

I find that patients are awake, calm, and appropriately responsive to questions while benefiting from excellent analgesia using this protocol….

Annals of EM 2007;49:4 p457