Dexmedetomidine: Its fascination, fad, and facts in neuroanaesthesia practice!

Sethuraman Manikandan

doi:10.4103/2348-0548.139091

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CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 · J Neuroanaesth Crit Care 2014; 01(03): 163-165
DOI: 10.4103/2348-0548.139091

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Dexmedetomidine: Its fascination, fad, and facts in neuroanaesthesia practice!

Sethuraman Manikandan

¹Department of Anaesthesiology, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Trivandrum, Kerala, India

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