Dexmedetomidine as a Sedative Agent in Critically Ill Patients: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials

• Laura Pasin,

  Affiliation Anesthesia and Intensive Care Department, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy

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• Teresa Greco,

  Affiliation Anesthesia and Intensive Care Department, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy

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• Paolo Feltracco,

  Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Anesthesiology, University Hospital of Padua, Padua, Italy

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• Annalisa Vittorio,

  Affiliation Anesthesia and Intensive Care Department, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy

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• Caetano Nigro Neto,

  Affiliation Anesthesia and Intensive Care Department, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy

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• Luca Cabrini,

  Affiliation Anesthesia and Intensive Care Department, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy

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• Giovanni Landoni ,

  * E-mail: landoni.giovanni@hsr.it

  Affiliations Anesthesia and Intensive Care Department, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy, Outcomes Research Consortium, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

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• Gabriele Finco,

  Affiliation Department of Medical Sciences “M. Aresu”, Cagliari University, Cagliari, Italy

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• Alberto Zangrillo

  Affiliation Anesthesia and Intensive Care Department, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy

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