Does Dexmedetomidine as a Neuraxial Adjuvant Facilitate Better Anesthesia and Analgesia? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Huang-Hui Wu; Hong-Tao Wang; Jun-Jie Jin; Guang-Bin Cui; Ke-Cheng Zhou; Yu Chen; Guo-Zhong Chen; Yu-Lin Dong; Wen Wang

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0093114

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Does Dexmedetomidine as a Neuraxial Adjuvant Facilitate Better Anesthesia and Analgesia? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Huang-Hui Wu ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Huang-Hui Wu, Hong-Tao Wang

Affiliations Department of Anesthesiology, Fuzhou General Hospital of Nanjing Military Region, Fuzhou, PR China, Unit for Evidence Based Medicine, Department of Anatomy, Histology and Embryology & K.K. Leung Brain Research Centre, Preclinical School of Medicine, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, PR China
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Hong-Tao Wang ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Huang-Hui Wu, Hong-Tao Wang

Affiliations Unit for Evidence Based Medicine, Department of Anatomy, Histology and Embryology & K.K. Leung Brain Research Centre, Preclinical School of Medicine, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, PR China, Department of Burn and Cutaneous Surgery, Xi’jing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, PR China
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Jun-Jie Jin,

Affiliations Unit for Evidence Based Medicine, Department of Anatomy, Histology and Embryology & K.K. Leung Brain Research Centre, Preclinical School of Medicine, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, PR China, Department of Neurosurgery, Fuzhou General Hospital of Nanjing Military Region, Fuzhou, PR China
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Guang-Bin Cui,

Affiliations Unit for Evidence Based Medicine, Department of Anatomy, Histology and Embryology & K.K. Leung Brain Research Centre, Preclinical School of Medicine, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, PR China, Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Tangdu Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, PR China
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Ke-Cheng Zhou,

Affiliations Unit for Evidence Based Medicine, Department of Anatomy, Histology and Embryology & K.K. Leung Brain Research Centre, Preclinical School of Medicine, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, PR China, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, PR China
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Yu Chen,

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, Fuzhou General Hospital of Nanjing Military Region, Fuzhou, PR China
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Guo-Zhong Chen ,

* E-mail: cgzssq2000@sina.com (GZC); donganat@fmmu.edu.cn (YLD); wangwen@fmmu.edu.cn (WW)

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, Fuzhou General Hospital of Nanjing Military Region, Fuzhou, PR China
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Yu-Lin Dong ,

* E-mail: cgzssq2000@sina.com (GZC); donganat@fmmu.edu.cn (YLD); wangwen@fmmu.edu.cn (WW)

Affiliation Unit for Evidence Based Medicine, Department of Anatomy, Histology and Embryology & K.K. Leung Brain Research Centre, Preclinical School of Medicine, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, PR China
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Wen Wang

* E-mail: cgzssq2000@sina.com (GZC); donganat@fmmu.edu.cn (YLD); wangwen@fmmu.edu.cn (WW)

Affiliation Unit for Evidence Based Medicine, Department of Anatomy, Histology and Embryology & K.K. Leung Brain Research Centre, Preclinical School of Medicine, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, PR China
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Does Dexmedetomidine as a Neuraxial Adjuvant Facilitate Better Anesthesia and Analgesia? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Huang-Hui Wu,
Hong-Tao Wang,
Jun-Jie Jin,
Guang-Bin Cui,
Ke-Cheng Zhou,
Yu Chen,
Guo-Zhong Chen,
Yu-Lin Dong,
Wen Wang

Published: March 26, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0093114

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