Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica, cilt.49, sa.8, ss.1088-91, 2005 (SCI-Expanded)
Background: The alpha agonist dexmedetomidine, a sedative and analgesic, reduces heart rate and blood pressure dose-dependently. We investigated whether it also has the ability to attenuate airway and circulatory reflexes during emergence from anaesthesia.